John Wister owned multiple properties in and around Philadelphia. We now distinguish between John Wister and Casper Wistar, but the eventual Anglicizing of their names were interchangeable by the brothers and their families. Casper quickly became established as a glass manufacturer and accumulated land in the colonial city. His brother, Casper Wistar had come to Philadelphia in 1717. Growing up, PhilaLandmarks founder Frances Anne Wister made many visits to Grumblethorpe and to other Wister family homes including Belfield, the home of her paternal grandparents, Wakefield, Stenton, and Vernon.Īt age 19, John Wister (1708 - 1789) emigrated from the village of Hilsbach outside of Heidelberg, Germany to Philadelphia in 1727. Coming up in the later half of 20, we will be embarking on further restoration projects at this unique historic propertyįor almost 200 years, Grumblethorpe was the home of the Wister family. Since acquiring the building in 1941, PhilaLandmarks has restored and furnished the house and cultivated the gardens to reflect the interests and tastes of various generations of Wisters. who gave the house its new name: Grumblethorpe. He modified the front and back facades to Federal era architectural trends, created additions, and even had an observatory built. In the early 19th century, Charles Jones Wister Sr., John’s grandson, an astronomer, horticulturalist and inventor, made this Germantown house the permanent family home.
This house was also taken over by the British and used as one of its headquarters during the Battle of Germantown in October 1777, as John Wister was staying in his Market Street home in Philadelphia and John’s son Daniel and his family had fled to a relative’s house in what is now Lower Gwynedd. Intended as a summer retreat, the house provided a refuge for the family from the humid Philadelphia summers, and in 1793, the family stayed in Germantown to avoid the yellow fever epidemic. Known through-out the 18th century as John Wister’s Big House, Grumblethorpe was just one of John’s many properties in Philadelphia and Lancaster. Set on 7.5-acres, the property included a farm, gardens, and orchards with fruit trees to supplement John’s wine importing business. Notable features include the stone coursing of the facade, front and rear balconies and the double front entrances. Constructed of local Wissahickon schist and oak timbers hewn from Wister’s woods, the house is a prime example of Germantown architecture of the period.
Witnesses say he often appears near a tall clock in the dining room.German immigrant John Wister (Johannes Wüster, 1705-1789) built this house in 1744 as a family country home outside of Philadelphia. Among the several ghosts that live here include that of Thomas Jefferson. It is now believed that anyone who sits on the chair will die shortly after. There are at least three recorded deaths that occurred within a two-week timeframe of individuals who sat on the blue chair. One of the most haunting aspects about the house is in the Blue Room where a blue chair sits. Haunting incidences include lights going on and off on their own as well as other events involving electricity like the alarm system activating and calling in the police. Warning! Creepy alert! Built in 1911, The Baleroy Mansion in the beautiful area of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia is the setting for what is said to be the most haunted house in America with many well-documented accounts of haunted events.
#creepy #hauntedhouse #haunted #hauntedmansion #baleroymansion #chestnuthill #chestnuthillpa #philadelphia #philly #ghost #architecture #stonehouse #picofthedayĪ post shared by Chris Kristofferson Norris on at 9:05am PST Witnesses say he often appears near a tall clock in the dining room.
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