Grey Towers Castle, Philadelphia

Name: Grey Towers Castle
Address: 450 S Easton Rd, Philadelphia, 19038-3215, United States
Telephone: +1 215-572-2900

#120 among attractions in Philadelphia

Gothic Revival architecture, Architecture, Forts and castles, Historical place

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Grey Towers Castle is a building on the campus of Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania which is in Cheltenham Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, USA. The castle was designed by Horace Trumbauer and built starting in 1893 as the estate of William Welsh Harrison. The university purchased the estate in 1929 for $712,500, equal to $11,243,968 today. Classes were split between the two locations until 1962, when the school moved all of its operations to the Glenside area. The castle was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985 for its architecture. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1893 (131 years ago)Architectural style: Gothic revivalCoordinates: 40°5'26"N, 75°9'53"W

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450 S Easton RdPhiladelphia 19038-3215 United States

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+1 215-572-2900

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Grey Towers Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Keswick Theatre, Curtis Arboretum, Arcadia University, Glenside Memorial Hall.

1.4 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Bars and clubs
Keswick Theatre, Philadelphia
37 min walk • The Keswick Theatre is a privately owned theater in the Keswick Village section of Glenside, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. Horace Trumbauer designed the exterior in the Tudor Revival Style which has remained essentially unaltered. When opened it had 1,366-seats.
0.9 miSE
Park
Curtis Arboretum, Elkins Park
24 min walk • The Curtis Arboretum is a forty-eight-acre arboretum located at 1250 Church Road, Wyncote, Pennsylvania in Cheltenham Township, near Philadelphia. The arboretum was founded by Mary Louise Curtis Bok in honor of her father, Cyrus Curtis. The landscaping was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
~600 ftNW
Universities and schools
Arcadia University, Elkins Park
3 min walk • Arcadia University is a private university in Glenside, Pennsylvania. The university enrolls approximately 4,000 undergraduate, master's, and doctorate students. The 76-acre campus features Grey Towers Castle, a National Historic Landmark.
0.7 miNE
Event space
Glenside Memorial Hall, Elkins Park
19 min walk • Glenside Memorial Hall often abbreviated "Glenside Hall" is a historic meeting hall located in the Philadelphia suburb of Glenside, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
0.6 miS
40°4'55"N • 75°10'6"W
Cedarbrook Plaza, Philadelphia
17 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
1.2 miS
Neighbourhood
Cedarbrook, Philadelphia
32 min walk • Cedarbrook is a neighborhood located in the Northwest section of the City of Philadelphia. The Ivy Hill neighborhood is roughly the northwestern half of Cedarbrook. Ivy Hill Cemetery forms the geographic heart of the neighborhood.
1 miS
Sport, Sport venue
Erny Field, Philadelphia
26 min walk • Errny Field is a baseball field at Mount Pleasant Avenue and Michener Street in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia. It is adjacent to the former site of Temple Stadium. Erny Field was the home field of the Arcadia University baseball team from 2004 until 2017.
0.8 miE
Universities and schools
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Elkins Park
22 min walk • The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College is a Jewish seminary in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. It is the only seminary affiliated with Reconstructionist Judaism.
0.8 miNW
Universities and schools
Westminster Theological Seminary, Elkins Park
22 min walk • Westminster Theological Seminary is a theological seminary in the Reformed theological tradition in Glenside, Pennsylvania. It was founded by members of the faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary in 1929 after Princeton chose to take a liberal direction during the Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Grey Towers Castle?

Nearby attractions include Arcadia University, Elkins Park (3 min walk), Glenside Memorial Hall, Elkins Park (19 min walk), Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Elkins Park (22 min walk), Westminster Theological Seminary, Elkins Park (22 min walk).

How to get to Grey Towers Castle by public transport?

The nearest stations to Grey Towers Castle:

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Glenside (25 min walk)