The chimney proudly displays the date of The Fairbanks House, completed in 1641. That’s more than 270 years ago, and 135 years before the country was started with the Declaration of Independence. The main fireplace also has a display of the arrowheads found on the site from the Native American tribes that lived in this

Venrnon-Wister House Germantown, Philadelphia, PA James Mathews is the owner of the building in the records from 1804. The Historic American Building Survey uncovered records from previous owners that date back to 1778, two years after the American Revolution. There are two theories about how the house acquired the name “Vernon”. Now owned by the