Girard Park

Girard Park is a park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Girard Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Girard Estate, as well as near Packer Park.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot and Universal Vare Charter School.

Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot

College

The Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot, now known as the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, was founded as the Schuylkill Arsenal in 1799.

Universal Vare Charter School

Historic building

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

The Universal Vare Charter School, formerly the Edwin H. Vare Junior High School, and Edwin H. Vare Middle School, is a historic junior high school building located in the Wilson Park neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Trinity

Church

Photo: Nick-philly, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Girard Estate and Packer Park.

Girard Estate

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Girard Estate, also known as Girard Estates, is part of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries stretch from South 22nd Street on the west to South 17th Street on the east.

Packer Park

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Packer Park is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that originally included 1,000 homes built in two unique builder developments, of Packer Park in the 1950s and Brinton Estates during the 1990s.

South Philadelphia

Photo: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY 3.0.

South Philly is a district of Philadelphia. Famous for its Italian heritage and for being featured in the 1970s movie Rocky, South Philly is home to FDR Park and most of Philadelphia's major professional sports teams.

Girard Park

Type: Park
Also known as: “Stephen Girard Park”
Category: recreation area
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.92036° or 39° 55′ 13″ north

Longitude

-75.18318° or 75° 10′ 60″ west

Elevation

23 feet (7 metres)

Open location code

87F6WRC8+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 109198286

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4558204

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Stephen Girard Farmhouse and Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. Library.

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