1135 Waverly St. (formerly Ohio St.)

Ernest Hexamer and William Locher. Maps of the City of Philadelphia. Volume 3, Plate 33. (Philadelphia 1858-1862). From Places in Time website (www.brynmawr.edu/iconog)

Front view of house	Side view of house
Photographs taken May 8, 2003

Chain of Title

The chain of title on file at the Philadelphia Historical Commision indicates that the building was constructed between 1809-1812 and that, at the time of the census in 1837, the house was owned by Lemuel Franklin, who may have rented the site to an African-American family.

Chain of title prepared by Edwin Iwanicki, Research Assistant at the Philadelphia Historical Commission, August 9, 1962.