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Germantown High School, 5901-13 and 5915-41 Germantown Avenue [39] Gilbert Stuart Studio; Green Tree Tavern (Germantown) [40] [41] The Jonathan Graham House, 5356 Chew Avenue, Germantown [42] The King Green House, 5112-14 Germantown Avenue [43] The Leibert House, 6950 Germantown Avenue, ca.1800-08 [44] Little Wakefield, 1701 Lindley Avenue [45]
United States historic place Cliveden U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property Location 6401 Germantown Avenue Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Coordinates 40°02′46″N 75°10′56″W / 40.0461°N 75.1822°W / 40.0461; -75.1822 Area 5.4 acres (2.2 ha) Built 1767 Built by ...
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.
Germantown High School seen from Germantown Avenue. Germantown High School was a secondary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Germantown High School graduated its final class on June 19, 2013 and closed its doors that week. [1] GHS, located in Germantown, was a part of the School District of Philadelphia. The school was built in 1914.
It is located on Germantown Avenue in the Mount Airy neighborhood of northwestern Philadelphia. Founded in 1864, it has its roots in the Pennsylvania Ministerium established in 1748 in Philadelphia by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg. [1] The seminary had an enrollment of 275 graduate students, with 17 full-time professors.
The Tulpehocken Station Historic District is a historic area in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Large suburban houses were built in the area from about 1850 to 1900 in a variety of styles including Carpenter Gothic, Italianate, and Bracketed as part of the Picturesque Movement of architecture.
Grumblethorpe was built as a summer residence in 1744 by Philadelphia merchant and wine importer John Wister, when Germantown was a semi-rural area outside the city of Philadelphia. It eventually became the family's year-round residence when they withdrew from the city during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.
The school was built in 1876 by the School District of Philadelphia, and is a 3 1/2-story, schist building in the Gothic-style.It features brownstone trim, a pedimented gable roofline, molded cornice with decorative brackets, and a three-story projecting front section added in 1914.