Sharswood
Sharswood is a small neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is located to the east of Brewerytown, north of Girard College, west of Ridge Avenue, east of 24th Street and south of Cecil B.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Sharswood, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Philadelphia Museum of Art and McDowell Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Museum
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval.
McDowell Memorial Presbyterian Church
Church
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The McDowell Memorial Presbyterian Church is a historic church in north Philadelphia, built in the Richardson Romanesque style by architects Henry Augustus Sims and J. William Shaw. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in September, 2013.
Eastern State Penitentiary
Museum
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The Eastern State Penitentiary is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Francisville and Brewerytown.
Francisville
Neighborhood
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Francisville is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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.
Brewerytown
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Brewerytown is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. An unofficial region, Brewerytown runs approximately between the Schuylkill River's eastern bank and 25th Street, bounded by Montgomery Avenue to the north and Parrish Street to the south.
Fairmount
Neighborhood
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Fairmount is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are north of Fairmount Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.
Sharswood
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.97706° or 39° 58′ 37″ northLongitude
-75.17129° or 75° 10′ 17″ westElevation
105 feet (32 metres)Open location code
87F6XRGH+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 157611688OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Sharswood” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sharswood”
- French: “Sharswood”
- South Azerbaijani: “شارزوود، فیلئیدلفیا”
- Turkish: “Sharswood”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include North Philly Peace Park and Miller Memorial Baptist Church.
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