John Greenleaf Whittier School, Philadelphia

Name: John Greenleaf Whittier School
Address: Philadelphia, United States

#772 among attractions in Philadelphia

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John Greenleaf Whittier School is a historic school building located in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1913. It is a three-story, brick-faced reinforced concrete building, five bays wide with terra cotta trim. It has a Classical Revival-style entrance surround with entablature. It is named for John Greenleaf Whittier. ()

Coordinates: 40°0'8"N, 75°10'26"W

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Upper North Philadelphia (Allegheny West)Philadelphia United States

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John Greenleaf Whittier School – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Peace Cemetery, Strawberry Mansion Bridge.

0.9 miW
Cemetery
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
23 min walk • Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic garden or rural cemetery in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. Founded in 1836, it was the second major rural cemetery in the United States after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts.
0.6 miW
Cemetery
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia
16 min walk • Mount Vernon Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 3499 West Lehigh Avenue in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1856, is 27 acres in size and contains over 18,000 graves. For decades, it was neglected by an absentee landlord.
0.5 miW
Cemetery
Mount Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia
12 min walk • Mount Peace Cemetery is a cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is owned and operated by the Odd Fellows organization. It was established in 1865 and is located at 3111 West Lehigh Avenue, near the Laurel Hill Cemetery.
1.2 miSW
Bridge
Strawberry Mansion Bridge, Philadelphia
30 min walk • The Strawberry Mansion Bridge is a steel arch truss bridge across the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
1.1 miW
Bridge
Twin Bridges, Philadelphia
27 min walk • The Twin Bridges are a pair of steel-plate girder bridges that span the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They carry northbound and southbound traffic on US 1 just north of its intersection with Interstate 76.
1 miSW
Museum, History museum, Art museum
Woodford Mansion, Philadelphia
25 min walk • Woodford is a historic mansion at Ford Road and Greenland Drive in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built about 1756, it is the first of Philadelphia's great colonial Georgian mansion houses to be built, and exemplifies the opulence of such houses.
1 miSW
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Historic Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia
27 min walk • Historic Strawberry Mansion is a summer home in East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was originally named Summerville by Judge William Lewis who had it built sometime between 1783 and 1789.
1.3 miSE
Church
Church of the Advocate, Philadelphia
33 min walk • The George W. South Memorial Church of the Advocate, also known as the George W. South Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church, is a historic church at 18th and Diamond Street in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
1.2 miS
Church, Romanesque revival architecture
Union Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia
30 min walk • Union Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Jones Tabernacle AME Church and Parish House, is a historic Methodist Episcopal church and parish house located in the North Central neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
0.5 miW
Church
Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia
13 min walk • The Church of St. James the Less is a historic Episcopal church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that was architecturally influential. As St.
1 miW
Bridge
Chain Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill, Philadelphia
27 min walk • Chain Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill was an 1808 iron-chain suspension bridge built across the Schuylkill River, north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Designed by inventor James Finley, it became the model for his later chain suspension bridges. It collapsed in 1816 under a heavy load of snow.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to John Greenleaf Whittier School?

Nearby attractions include Mount Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia (12 min walk), Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia (13 min walk), Budd Company, Philadelphia (13 min walk), Swampoodle, Philadelphia (16 min walk).

How to get to John Greenleaf Whittier School by public transport?

The nearest stations to John Greenleaf Whittier School:

Train

Allegheny (12 min walk)
North Philadelphia (26 min walk)

Bus

SEPTA 33rd & Dauphin Bus Terminal (25 min walk)

Metro

Allegheny • Lines: Bsl (29 min walk)
North Philadelphia • Lines: Bsl (30 min walk)