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[Roger Morris (Morris-Jumel) House, New York, N.Y.] – Antique Wall Art

[Roger Morris (Morris-Jumel) House, New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Roger Morris (Morris-Jumel) House, New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Roger Morris (Morris-Jumel) House, New York, N.Y.], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The Roger Morris House, a Georgian mansion built in 1765 on high ground above the Harlem River, carries more Revolutionary-era history than most Manhattan houses. Its builder, Roger Morris, was a British officer who sided with the Crown, and in 1776 George Washington used the house as his headquarters before the army withdrew from the island. Later owners included the French-born merchant Stephen Jumel and his wife, Eliza, and the house is now known as the Morris-Jumel Mansion. This Detroit Publishing Company glass negative, made between 1900 and 1910, shows the building as the surrounding Harlem and Washington Heights neighborhoods were changing around it.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 345" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033582. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsDwellings.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66808

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