The Wyck house, also known as the Haines house or Hans Millan house, is a historic mansion, museum, garden, and urban farm in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1971 for its well-preserved condition and its documentary records, which span nine generations of a single family.
Wyck House
Digital photograph of the front face of the Wyck house, with its historic roses climbing the trellis, facing northeast toward Germantown Ave. The building in the background is the Green Tree Tavern (6023 Germantown Ave.), built in 1743.
Roses on the front trellis of Wyck c. 1900, facing southwest.
Germantown is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Palatine, Quaker, and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent borough, it was absorbed into Philadelphia in 1854. The area, which is about six miles northwest from the city center, now consists of two neighborhoods: 'Germantown' and 'East Germantown'.
Cliveden, a house in Germantown built between 1763 and 1767
Modern borders of Germantown and East Germantown, Philadelphia
Pictures from Old Germantown: the Pastorius family residences are shown on the upper left (c. 1683) and upper right (c. 1715), the center structure is the house and printing business of the Caurs family (ca. 1735), and the bottom structure is the market place (c. 1820).
The Battle of Germantown, 1777