Deshler-Morris House (Germantown White House)

Federal-style house in Germantown that served as George Washington's summer residence during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793, making it the earliest documented use of an out-of-city presidential retreat. Washington stayed here twice — August–September and October 1793 — while Philadelphia was devastated by epidemic. British General William Howe used the same house as his headquarters during the 1777 occupation of Germantown. The house thus hosted both commanding generals of the Revolution's Philadelphia campaign.