Brown School
Brown School is a school in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Brown School is situated nearby to Joseph H. Brown Elementary School, as well as near the neighborhood Holmesburg.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Joseph H. Brown Elementary School and Frankford Avenue Bridge.
Joseph H. Brown Elementary School
School
Joseph H. Brown Elementary School is an elementary school on Frankford Avenue at Stanwood Street in Holmesburg, in the Northeast Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, currently serving students from kindergarten to eighth grade.
Frankford Avenue Bridge
Bridge
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The Frankford Avenue Bridge, also known as the Pennypack Creek Bridge, the Pennypack Bridge, the Holmesburg Bridge, and the King's Highway Bridge, erected in 1697 in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is the oldest surviving roadway bridge in the United States. Frankford Avenue Bridge is situated 1,100 feet east of Brown School.
Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church
Church
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Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church is situated 2,300 feet east of Brown School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holmesburg and Upper Holmesburg.
Holmesburg
Neighborhood
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Holmesburg began as a Village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania. It is now a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Upper Holmesburg
Neighborhood
Upper Holmesburg is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the Delaware River and Pennypack Creek, from Frankford Avenue to Willits Road.
Mayfair
Neighborhood
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Mayfair is a working class neighborhood in lower Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, centered on the intersection of Cottman and Frankford Avenues.
Brown School
- Type: School
- Also known as: “Joseph H. Brown School”
- Categories: building, historic site, school building, historic building, and education
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.04352° or 40° 2′ 37″ northLongitude
-75.02468° or 75° 1′ 29″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
87G62XVG+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 336882523OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolOpenStreetMap feature
building=schoolOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingGeoNames ID
5181875
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