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Map of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, highlighting Germantown Borough prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854. Germantown (German: Deutschstadt) is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Palatine, Quaker, and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent borough, it was absorbed into Philadelphia in 1854. The area, which ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
In 1987 the district was expanded north to the 7600 block of Germantown Avenue (up to Cresheim Valley Drive), which is the southern boundary of the Chestnut Hill Historic District. The district's two parts contain 579 properties, of which 514 are considered contributing , and only 65 non-contributing.
A shopping street or shopping district is a designated road or quarter of a city/town that is composed of individual retail establishments (such as stores, boutiques, restaurants, and shopping complexes). Such areas will typically be pedestrian-oriented, with street-side buildings, wide sidewalks, etc. [1] [2]
Articles and categories related to the Germantown section of Philadelphia The main article for this category is Germantown, Philadelphia . Pages in category "Germantown, Philadelphia"
In 1927 it opened a full three-story, 38,250-square-foot (3,554 m 2) department store at Chelten Avenue and Greene Street [1] in Germantown, an early suburban area within the city limits. The area around Germantown and Chelten avenues became a busy suburban shopping district attracting shoppers from the northwestern part of the city and from ...
Philadelphia Mills - a large outlet and discount shopping mall in the Far Northeast section; Reading Terminal Market - large enclosed produce, meat and prepared food market featuring some Pennsylvania Dutch merchants and others; The Shops at Liberty Place - upscale shopping mall inside the skyscraper complex known as Liberty Place
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 23 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 10, 2025.