Bridesburg School
Bridesburg School, also known as Irving School, was a historic school in the Bridesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the third-oldest surviving school building in Philadelphia, after the Mifflin School, and the much altered Penn Township School.Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include First Presbyterian Church of Bridesburg and Frankford Arsenal.
First Presbyterian Church of Bridesburg
Church
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First Presbyterian Church of Bridesburg is situated 740 feet north of Bridesburg School.
Frankford Arsenal
Historic site
The Frankford Arsenal is a former United States Army ammunition plant located adjacent to the Bridesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, north of the original course of Frankford Creek. Frankford Arsenal is situated 3,200 feet northeast of Bridesburg School.
Bridesburg station
Railway station
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Bridesburg station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Bridge Street and Harbison Avenue in the Bridesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line. Bridesburg station is situated 3,900 feet north of Bridesburg School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bridesburg and Wissinoming.
Bridesburg
Neighborhood
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Bridesburg is the northernmost neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A mostly working-class neighborhood, Bridgesburg is an historically German and Irish community, with a significant community of Polish immigrants who arrived mostly in the early- to mid-twentieth century.
Wissinoming
Neighborhood
Wissinoming is a neighborhood in the Near Northeast section of Philadelphia, United States. It was the site of locomotive builder Matthias Baldwin's estate "Wissinoming", which was located near Tacony and Van Kirk Streets. Wissinoming is situated 1½ miles north of Bridesburg School.
Port Richmond
Neighborhood
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Port Richmond is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is notable for its large Polish immigrant and Polish American community, and it has been known as the Little Poland of Philadelphia. Port Richmond is situated 2 miles southwest of Bridesburg School.
Bridesburg School
- Type: School
- Categories: school building and education
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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“Bridesburg School” goes by many names.
- French: “Bridesburg School”
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