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The Benjamin Loxley house was a Philadelphia house owned by a major in the American patriot army. The house is noted in history as the place where a Quaker patriot overheard secret British plans and passed them on to George Washington, saving the Continental Army. == Description == Benjamin Loxley constructed the wood frame house about 1760 and used it as a private residence. His descendants continued to live there until 1851. It was at Second and Little Dock Street in old Philadelphia about two blocks west of the Delaware River. The house was a two story structure with a balcony across the entire front on the second story that projected out over the low first story. The first story had two large windows with small panes of glass. The inverted "V" peaked roof projected out over the balcony partly protecting it against the weather. The roof was supported by protruding bulky carved ornamental cantilever supports. The balcony represented prestige and wealth. It was one of the favorite places from where evangelist George Whitefield preached to large crowds.〔 〕 The property behind that Loxley also owned consisted of a row of houses he built of red and black glazed brick. He had this brick brought in from England. They front on Spruce Street and is now known as Loxley Court. His children and their descendants lived in these houses until 1851. These houses had a group of fruit trees and grape vines that surrounded them. The property with the houses was fully landscaped. The yard's landscaping was destroyed by the British when they occupied Philadelphia.〔 Loxley's property was at an area known as Society Hill. On this hill stood the city's main flagpole. It was the point from where guns of salute were fired in honor of distinguished visitors that arrived in ships on the Delaware River. This hill is where George Washington made camp with his Virginia troops on the retreat from Braddock's defeat in 1755.〔 Bathsheba Bowers had a spa nearby that was well known for its excellent water called Bathsheba's spring and bower. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benjamin Loxley house」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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