Finnix Stretcher was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1802. He served as a warden of the Company from 1823-1826. The City Directories from 1805 up to 1845, the year before his death, list him at 129 S. 6th street. By 1840, he had retired from his profession and was listed as a gentleman in the Directory. He was interred in the family vault at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. According to a genealogical study written in 1897, both a portrait of Finnix and his wife Elizabeth descended in the family to a granddaughter, Mrs. David W. Sellers.

Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings site, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Tom Stokes.]]>
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss, and Sandra L. Tatman.]]>