Metadata
Title
Flickwir, David H.
Description
David Flickwir was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796.
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.
Member Number
199*
Last Name
Flickwir
First Name
David
Middle Name
H.
Deceased Date
1/1/1813
Children
David Henry
Father
David Flickwir
Mother
Elizabeth
Date Elected
1/1/1796
Office Held
Warden, 1805-07
Committee Membership
Book Prices Committee, 1808-11
Managing Committee, 1812
Business Address
Bet. Queen & Christian in S. Front (1798) (Prime)
Project
Nos. 19-25 Catharine St. (demolished)
809-11 S. Hancock St.
Reference
Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 274. A master builder elected to The Company in 1796. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. ---------------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1796-7-80, 91 Alexander Steel proposed David Flickwir; David Flickwir elected. --------------------- Prime Directory: Listed as house carpenter (1798-99) bet. Queen & Christian in S. Front St. Flickwir & Williamson (probably Jesse), house carpenters, 333 S. 2nd St. (1794) ------------------- E-mail in file says the member was the son of David Flickwir, who emigrated from Germany in 1772; his son was the Company member. ------------------ "Bring Out Your Dead" on page 92, paragraph 3 states that David Flickwir and five of his family died in August or September, 1793, during the yellow fever epidemic. This must have been the member's father. ------------------ City Directory - 1805, 10, 14 - David, carpenter, 24 German ------------------ "Philadelphia Preserved" Page 168. Builder, together with Jesse Williamson, of Nos. 19-25 Catharine St.; erected between 1810 and 1830. Page 172. Same men credited with building 809-11 S. Hancock St., after 1802.
File Number
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