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Notable non-residential buildings include the Oxford Hall, Octoraro Hotel, Oxford Station (Borough Hall), Dickey Building, Masonic Building, Fulton Bank Building (1925), Gibson's Store (c. 1832), Orthodox Friends Meeting House, Methodist Church (1885), United Presbyterian Church (1893), and the Oxford Grain & Hay Company granary (1880).
Oxford Circle, along with Castor Gardens, Mayfair, and Tacony, was originally part of Oxford Township and was one of the early suburbs of Philadelphia. [3] The area, which included waterways such as the Tacony Creek and Wissinoming Creek, had been mostly utilized for farming up until the time that the land was sold off to developers just prior to World War II. [4]
Incorporated District, Boroughs, and Townships in the County of Philadelphia, 1854 By Rudolph J. Walther - excerpted from the book at the ushistory.org website; Ellet, Charles, Jr. Map of the County of Philadelphia from Actual Survey, 1843. Dripps, M. Map of the Township of Oxford, Boroughs of Frankford and Bridesburg, 1849.
Philadelphia portal; Official website; Trinity Church, Oxford data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-17, "Trinity Church, Oxford (Episcopal), 6900–6902 Oxford Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 5 photos, 1 color transparency, 7 measured drawings, 4 data pages, 2 photo ...
2139 East Cumberland Street, Kensington HABS PA-6793: Tacony Evangelical Lutheran Church 6816 Jackson Street HABS PA-6692-D: University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation: 3637 Chestnut Street Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion: 2110 Chestnut Street
Both sides of Germantown Avenue, between Windrim Avenue and Sharpnack Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Area: 113 acres (46 ha) Built: 1683: Architect: Multiple: Architectural style: Colonial, Georgian, Federal: NRHP reference No. 66000678 [1] Significant dates; Added to NRHP: June 23, 1965 [2] Designated NHLD: June 23, 1965 [3]
Thomas Holme's Survey Map (1687) Frankford is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia situated about six miles (10 km) northeast of Center City.Although its borders are vaguely defined, the neighborhood is bounded roughly by the original course of Frankford Creek on the south to Castor Avenue on the northwest and southwest, to Cheltenham Avenue on the north, and to Aramingo ...
The former United States Post Office-Main Branch is a historic post office building that is located in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia. It is situated across from Amtrak's 30th Street Station. It operated as the main postal processing facility for Philadelphia from 1933 until its closure in 2008.