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Wissahickon is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Wissahickon is located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roxborough and Manayunk , and it is bounded by the Wissahickon Valley Park , Ridge Avenue, Hermit Street, and Henry Avenue.
This is intended to be a complete list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Philadelphia County, as placed by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). As of 2021, there were 321 combined Roadside (larger) and City (narrower) markers affixed on posts and Plaque markers affixed to buildings or structures in ...
Wissahickon Valley Park is a large urban park that is located in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It protects 2,042 acres (8.26 km 2 ) [ 1 ] of woodland surrounding the Wissahickon Creek between the Montgomery County border and the Schuylkill River .
Wissahickon may refer to the following in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Wissahickon, Philadelphia, a section or neighborhood of Philadelphia; Wissahickon Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River Wissahickon Memorial Bridge, spans the above creek in Philadelphia; Wissahickon Trail, a suburban trail
Wissahickon Creek is a tributary of the Schuylkill River in Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties, Pennsylvania. [ 1 ] Wissahickon Creek rises in Montgomery County, runs approximately 23 miles (37 km) passing through and dividing Northwest Philadelphia before emptying into the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia .
Southwest Philadelphia (formerly Kingsessing Township) is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that can be described as extending from the western side of the Schuylkill River to the city line, with the northern border defined by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission as east from the city line along Baltimore Avenue moving south along ...
Wissahickon is a historic apartment building in the Germantown, Philadelphia. Wissahickon, which takes its name from nearby Wissahickon Creek, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It was listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1981. [2]
The mill was built in 1690 by William Rittenhouse and his son Nicholas on the north bank of Paper Mill Run (Monoshone Creek) near (and now within) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The district, off Lincoln Drive near Wissahickon Avenue in Fairmount Park , includes six of up to forty-five original buildings.