Newkirk Viaduct Monument, Philadelphia

Name: Newkirk Viaduct Monument
Address: Philadelphia, United States

#253 among attractions in Philadelphia

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The Newkirk Viaduct Monument is a 15-foot white marble obelisk in the West Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Installed in 1839, it is inscribed with the names of 51 railroad builders and executives, among other information. ()

Completed: 1839 (185 years ago)Width: 5 ftHeight: 14 ftCoordinates: 39°56'22"N, 75°12'38"W

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Southwest Philadelphia (Southwest Schuylkill)Philadelphia United States

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Newkirk Viaduct Monument – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Masjid Al-Jamia, Saint Mary's Church, Clark Park, The Woodlands.

1.1 miN
Mosque
Masjid Al-Jamia, Philadelphia
27 min walk • Masjid Al-Jamia is a Sunni mosque in West Philadelphia. It was founded in 1988 by members of the Muslim Students Association at the University of Pennsylvania.
1 miNE
Church
Saint Mary's Church, Philadelphia
26 min walk • St. Mary’s Church, Hamilton Village, is an Episcopal Church located on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It calls itself the Episcopal Church at Penn to emphasize its campus ministry. The parish is part of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Pennsylvania.
0.8 miN
Park
Clark Park, Philadelphia
20 min walk • Clark Park is a municipal park in the Spruce Hill section of West Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its 9.1 acres are bordered by 43rd and 45th streets, and by Baltimore and Woodland Avenues.
0.7 miNE
Cemetery
The Woodlands, Philadelphia
18 min walk • The Woodlands is a National Historic Landmark District on the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. It includes a Federal-style mansion, a matching carriage house and stable, and a garden landscape that in 1840 was transformed into a Victorian rural cemetery with an arboretum of over 1,000 trees.
0.6 miNW
Church
St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia
16 min walk • St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1890, is a Catholic church at 4625 Springfield Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
0.7 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Calvary United Methodist Church, Philadelphia
19 min walk • Calvary United Methodist Church is located at 801 48th Street, on the southeast corner of 48th Street & Baltimore Avenue, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1 miNE
Dancing, Nightlife
Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia
27 min walk • Chestnut Cabaret was a nightclub located at 38th & Ludlow Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was later named the Blockley before its closure in 2013.
~1530 ftE
Bridge
Gray's Ferry Bridge, Philadelphia
8 min walk • Gray's Ferry Bridge has been the formal or informal name of several floating bridges and four permanent ones that have carried highway and rail traffic over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.
~1960 ftSE
Bridge
B&O Railroad Bridge, Philadelphia
10 min walk • The B&O Railroad Bridge is a 1910 swing bridge across the Schuylkill River from Bartram's Garden on the west bank to the east bank Grays Ferry neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1.1 miE
Bridge
Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge, Philadelphia
28 min walk • Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge is a wrought iron, two-track, deck truss swing bridge across the Schuylkill River between the University City and Grays Ferry neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
0.7 miE
Bridge
University Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia
19 min walk • The University Avenue Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge crossing the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The four-lane bridge links University Avenue in West Philadelphia with South 34th Street in the Grays Ferry section of South Philadelphia.

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Which popular attractions are close to Newkirk Viaduct Monument?

Nearby attractions include Gray's Ferry Bridge, Philadelphia (8 min walk), B&O Railroad Bridge, Philadelphia (10 min walk), Kingsessing, Philadelphia (15 min walk), St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia (16 min walk).

How to get to Newkirk Viaduct Monument by public transport?

The nearest stations to Newkirk Viaduct Monument:

Tram

49th Street & Paschall Avenue • Lines: 36 (2 min walk)
Grays Avenue & 49th Street • Lines: 36 (3 min walk)

Train

49th Street (11 min walk)
Penn Medicine (32 min walk)

Metro

34th Street • Lines: Mfl (39 min walk)