Upper Roxborough Historic District, Philadelphia

Name: Upper Roxborough Historic District
Address: Philadelphia, United States

#812 among attractions in Philadelphia

Neighbourhood, Greek Revival architecture

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Upper Roxborough Historic District, Philadelphia

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Upper Roxborough Historic District is a national historic district located in Philadelphia and Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 108 contributing buildings, 23 contributing sites, and 18 contributing structures in Upper Roxborough. The district includes a number of small scale farm and industrial workers' housing, estate houses, mill-owners' dwellings, and farm buildings. Notable buildings include the Shawmont Railroad Station, Miquon Station designed by Frank Furness, Riverside Paper Mills, Hagy's Mill ruin, St. Mary's Church, and "Fairview" and other buildings on the grounds of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. The Roxborough Pumping Station was also part of the district, but it was demolished in 2011 after sitting abandoned for over fifty years. ()

Coordinates: 40°3'29"N, 75°15'6"W

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Lower Northwest (Upper Roxborough)Philadelphia United States

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Day trips

Upper Roxborough Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Philadelphia Cricket Club, Green Lane Bridge, Morris Arboretum, Woodmere Art Museum.

2.3 miE
Golf, Field
Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia
60 min walk • Nestled in the historic city of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Cricket Club stands as a testament to the rich tradition of golf in the United States. Established in 1854, it is one of the oldest country clubs in the nation and holds the distinction of being the oldest...
2.5 miSE
Bridge
Green Lane Bridge, Philadelphia
65 min walk • The Green Lane Bridge is a concrete arch bridge over the Schuylkill River and carries Green Lane in Philadelphia. The bridge connects Belmont Hills with Manayunk.
2.6 miNE
Park, Garden
Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia
67 min walk • The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania is the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Arboretum is open daily except for major holidays.
2.4 miNE
Victorian mansion housing artwork
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia
62 min walk • Woodmere Art Museum, located in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has a collection of paintings, prints, sculpture and photographs focusing on artists from the Delaware Valley and includes works by Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Severo Antonelli, Jasper Francis...
1.7 miNE
Bridge
Thomas Mill Covered Bridge, Philadelphia
43 min walk • The Thomas Mill Covered Bridge, aka the Thomas Mill Bridge or the Thomas Mill Road Covered Bridge, is a historic, single-span, wooden covered bridge across the Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2.5 miE
Modernist architecture, Postmodern architecture
Vanna Venturi House, Philadelphia
63 min walk • The Vanna Venturi House, one of the first prominent works of the postmodern architecture movement, is located in the neighborhood of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2.6 miSE
Bridge
Manayunk Bridge, Philadelphia
67 min walk • The Manayunk Bridge is an S-shaped former railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River, Schuylkill Canal and Schuylkill Expressway, that connects Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County and the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3.2 miE
Theater
Sedgwick Theater, Philadelphia
83 min walk • The Sedgwick Theater is a historic American theater in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1928 and designed by architect William Harold Lee. It is one of the remaining 20 Philadelphia theaters as of 2006 which he designed; nine have been demolished.
2.6 miSE
Park
Wissahickon Valley Park, Philadelphia
67 min walk • Wissahickon Valley Park contains 2,042 acres of parkland in Northwest Philadelphia, including the Wissahickon Creek from its confluence with the Schuylkill River to the northwestern boundary of the city with eastern Montgomery County.
2.4 miSW
Botanical garden
Henry Foundation for Botanical Research, Philadelphia
61 min walk • The Henry Foundation for Botanical Research is a nonprofit botanical garden of 50 acres located in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania at 801 Stony Lane, Gladwyne.
3.4 miS
Synagogue, Nightlife, Bars and clubs
General Wayne Inn, Philadelphia
87 min walk • The General Wayne Inn in Merion, Pennsylvania is a former tavern. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.

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How to get to Upper Roxborough Historic District by public transport?

The nearest stations to Upper Roxborough Historic District:

Train

Miquon (20 min walk)