Joseph H. Brown Elementary 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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Frankford Avenue Bridge and Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church.

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 Joseph H. Brown Elementary School.

Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church

Church

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Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church is situated 2,300 feet east of Joseph H. Brown Elementary School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holmesburg and Upper Holmesburg.

Holmesburg

Neighborhood

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Holmesburg is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It began as a village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania, and was named in honor of Surveyor General of Pennsylvania Thomas Holme, a cartographer who devised the street plan for central Philadelphia.

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.

Joseph H. Brown Elementary School

Type: School
Also known as: “Brown School” and “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
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Latitude

40.04352° or 40° 2′ 37″ north

Longitude

-75.02468° or 75° 1′ 29″ west

Elevation

66 feet (20 metres)

Open location code

87G62XVG+C4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 336882523

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

OpenStreetMap feature

building=school

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

GeoNames ID

5181875

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