History of Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College, 1787-1853; Marshall College, 1836-1853; Franklin and Marshall College, 1853-1903 . days regarded as practicallyworthless, it must be confessed that the gift of the Legis-lature was by no means liberal. A supplementary act was,however, passed on the 27th of February, 1788, vestingthe public Store House and two lots of grounds in the bor-ough and county of Lancaster, in the Trustees of FranklinCollege for the use of said institution. The Store Housewas situated on North Queen Street, near James, and wasthen practically out of town. Unti
History of Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College, 1787-1853; Marshall College, 1836-1853; Franklin and Marshall College, 1853-1903 . days regarded as practicallyworthless, it must be confessed that the gift of the Legis-lature was by no means liberal. A supplementary act was,however, passed on the 27th of February, 1788, vestingthe public Store House and two lots of grounds in the bor-ough and county of Lancaster, in the Trustees of FranklinCollege for the use of said institution. The Store Housewas situated on North Queen Street, near James, and wasthen practically out of town. Until the second grant had been made the college occu- 30 PEANKLIN COLLEGE. pied the Brew House, on Mifflin Street west of DukeStreet, near Trinity Lutheran church. A school must havebeen kept there at an earlier date, for Dr. Muhlenberg saysin a letter to Dr. Eush, dated June 25, 1787, that it isproposed to begin instructing the students in the BrewHouse, the former place, and to ask the next Assemblyfor a gift of the Store House.^ The Brew House was subsequently used as a station-house or lock-up. It has recently been taken down, but the. THE BREW HOUSE. accompanying illustration was sketched from a photographin possession of the author. The Store House was erected during the Revolution forthe preservation of government stores. It was a plain,brick building, one hundred feet in length and thirty-fivein breadth. It was neither handsome nor commodious andrequired expensive alterations before it could be used as aschool-building. It is still standing, though long agodivided into dwellings, and now constitutes a part of what > Preserved among the Rush Papers in the Ridgway Library,Philadelphia. THE STORE HOUSE. 31 is known as Franklin Row. In the second story of thesouthern gable the outlines of a large door, which has beenbricked up, may still be traced. When the Store House was transferred to the Collegeit still contained certain public stores, which were theproperty of the Unit
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