Johnson House Historic Site Germantown

09/27/2025

Your vote matters

VOTE YES ON RETENTION JUDGES!!! Because democracy matters and we all have a responsibility to protect it; not for us as much as for our children and their children…. Do your part now. Don’t delay.

10/30/2024

Historical travel times from New York City to the rest of the U.S. (from the 1932 Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States)

06/04/2024

FYI

10/06/2023

Today’s Inquirer front page is about the German immigrants and Johnson House. Please take time to read it

09/25/2023

Looking forward to another great celebration in Germantown.

09/20/2023

The Revolutionary Germantown Festival is three weeks away! To get ready for the festival, sign up for Perspectives on the Battle of Germantown, a fall Mt. Airy Learning Tree class, on Friday, September 22nd at 10:30am. The class will be held at Cliveden, led by our Education Director Carolyn Wallace, and will discuss the 1777 Battle of Germantown and Washington's plan to liberate Philadelphia from British occupation.

To sign up for the class, visit Mt. Airy Learning Tree's website at https://mtairylearningtree.org/. The class fee is $25; spaces are still available. We look forward to seeing you next Friday!

Cliveden during the Battle of Germantown by Edward Lamson Henry, 1874. Courtesy of Cliveden of the National Trust.

06/11/2023

Join us in Germantown for The 17th Annual Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival with the Johnson House Historic Site Germantown!

On Saturday, June 17, 2023, don’t miss a day-long outdoor street festival filled with re-enactments, music, history, culture, food, meaningful conversation, fun and more!

https://www.johnsonhouse.org/juneteenth-festival/