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The village of Wissahickon was founded by officials of the Pencoyd Iron Works in the late nineteenth century. [1] Beginning in the 1880s, growing numbers of mill owners and wealthy business owners from neighboring Manayunk sought elegant homes on ample lots; they set their eyes on land previously owned by prominent Philadelphia families – including the Camac, Dobson, Salaignac, and Wetherill ...
The Wissahickon Skating Club (abbreviated as WSC) is a non-profit skating club that is located in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia. [1]It officially opened on October 28, 1956 with a skating exhibition that was attended by Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and his wife, Princess Grace (formerly the actress, Grace Kelly), whose niece, Meg Davis, participated in the exhibition.
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
The Wissahickon School District provides public education to the children of Whitpain Township, as well as those from Lower Gwynedd Township and Ambler Borough. Within the township are three of the district's five elementary schools: Blue Bell Elementary School, Shady Grove Elementary School, and Stony Creek Elementary School.
A third location opened in Wissahickon in1896 and was the first youth club in the United States to serve Black youth. [6] In 1906 the Germantown, Wissahickon and Nice town clubs joined the Federated Boys Clubs, a precursor to Boys & Girls Clubs of America. [6] As of March 2021, the organization had 22 clubs in all areas of Philadelphia.
The Wissahickon School District is a public school district in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The school district serves the borough of Ambler and the townships of Lower Gwynedd and Whitpain , all Philadelphia suburbs.
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.