Friends Hospital

Friends Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in , , . Founded in 1813 by Quakers as The Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason, the institution was later renamed the Frankford Asylum for the Insane.
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Hospital
  • Description: psychiatric hospital in Pennsylvania, United States of America
  • Address: 4641 Roosevelt Boulevard, Philadelphia, 19124

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Greenwood Cemetery and Olney station.

Cemetery
Photo: BillFlis, Public domain.
is a historic cemetery in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was established in 1869, is 43 acres in size and contains approximately 20,000 graves. is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Friends Hospital.

Railway station
is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Mascher Street and Tabor Road in the neighborhood, it serves the Fox Chase Line. is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Friends Hospital.

School
The at H.R. Edmunds is a charter school that is located in the Northwood neighborhood of , . is situated 1 mile east of Friends Hospital.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northwood and Frankford.

Neighborhood
, an area of the section of Philadelphia, is bounded on the north by Roosevelt Boulevard, on the northeast by Cheltenham Avenue, on the west by Oakland Cemetery and Greenwood Cemetery, Juniata Park and , and on the southeast by Frankford Avenue.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the section of situated about six miles northeast of . Although its borders are vaguely defined, the neighborhood is bounded roughly by the original course of on the south…

Neighborhood
Photo: Marburg79, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in , United States. It is located in the vicinity of Adams, Rising Sun, and Tabor Avenues. The name is thought to be derived from the Rope Factory that once stood along the Tookany Creek watershed.

Friends Hospital

Latitude
40.02654° or 40° 1′ 36″ north
Longitude
-75.10211° or 75° 6′ 8″ west
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
Open location code
87G62VGX+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 555876059
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­hospital
Open­Street­Map feature
healthcare=­hospital
Geo­Names ID
5190580
Wiki­data ID
Q5504177
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