Girard College

Girard College is an independent college preparatory five-day boarding school located on a 43-acre campus in , . The school was founded and permanently endowed from the shipping and banking fortune of Stephen Girard upon his death in 1831.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Philadelphia Museum of Art and Eastern State Penitentiary.

Museum
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The is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in . The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at . is situated 3,800 feet southwest of Girard College.

Museum
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The is a former American prison in , . It is located in the section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. is situated 2,000 feet south of Girard College.

Church
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is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Girard College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sharswood and Francisville.

Neighborhood
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is a small neighborhood in the section of the city of , in the United States. It is located to the east of , north of Girard College, west of Ridge Avenue, east of 24th Street and south of Cecil B.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in , a section of the city of , , United States. Its boundaries are Fairmount Avenue to the south, Girard Avenue to the north, Broad Street to the east, and Corinthian Avenue to the west.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, , United States. Its boundaries are north of Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.

Girard College

Latitude
39.97378° or 39° 58′ 26″ north
Longitude
-75.17259° or 75° 10′ 21″ west
Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)
Open location code
87F6XRFG+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 134555732
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
4558200
Wiki­data ID
Q3768575
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Girard College” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “իրարդի Քոլեջ”
  • Catalan: “Girard College”
  • Chinese: “吉拉德学院”
  • Dutch: “Girard College”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كليه جيرارد”
  • French: “Girard College”
  • German: “Girard College”
  • Italian: “Girard College”
  • Swedish: “Girard College”

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