8837 Germantown Avenue (Approximate Location)

 

(photograph from Chestnut Hill Historical Society-John Naylor Collection: 1970.32)

MAP NUMBER: 38
DATE: Unknown
ORIGINAL OWNER: Richard and Norris W. Vaux
ARCHITECT: Unknown
CONTRACTOR: Unknown
DEMOLISHED:  1921

Originally Richard and Norris W. Vaux, MD  lived in this home.
Henry A. Laughlin, who lived on West Chestnut Hill Avenue,
bought the Vaux house and surrounding 5 acres and transferred
it on December 24, 1919 to the Chestnut Hill Hospital.  Mr.
Laughlin made the donation in honor of his wife, Mary Reed
Laughlin, who died in 1917.   The Vaux house was used for
offices, labs, and clinics until it was demolished in 1921 and
a new building was built on the site.