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Wyck Review
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Wyck
Houses / Mansions, Germantown and Chestnut Hill
Fodor's Review:
One of the most charming of Quaker-style houses, Wyck sheltered nine generations of the Wistar-Haines family between the 1690s and 1973. Their accumulated original furnishings are on display, along with ceramics, children's needlework, dolls, and other signs that this was a happy home. Outside is a garden of old roses, dating to the 1820s. Known as the oldest house in Germantown, Wyck was used as a British field hospital after the Battle of Germantown. The home was expanded over the years; its current form dates to 1824, when William Strickland made alterations.
INFO
- Address: 6026 Germantown Ave., Germantown, Philadelphia, PA
- Phone: 215/848-1690
- Web site
- Cost: $5
- Open: Apr.-mid-Dec., Tues., Thurs. noon-4, Sat. 1-4
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