Germantown Academy

Germantown Academy, informally known as GA and originally known as the Union School, is the oldest nonsectarian day school in the United States. The school was founded on December 6, 1759, by a group of citizens in the Green Tree Tavern on the Germantown Road.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: private school in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Union School”, “捷门堂中学”, and “日耳曼敦學院”
  • Address: 340 Morris Road, Fort Washington, PA 19034-0287

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St. Paul’s United Church of Christ and Fort Washington station.

Church
St. Paul's United Church of Christ is a United Church… is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Germantown Academy.

Railway station
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is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. is situated 2,400 feet east of Germantown Academy.

Railway station
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is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in . is situated 1 mile north of Germantown Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Washington and Ambler.

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is a community in Upper Dublin…

Town
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is a borough in , United States.

Village
is a United States census-designated place… is situated 2½ miles southeast of Germantown Academy.

Germantown Academy

Latitude
40.13751° or 40° 8′ 15″ north
Longitude
-75.21992° or 75° 13′ 12″ west
Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)
Open location code
87G64QQJ+22
Open­Street­Map ID
way 756632904
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
5191025
Wiki­data ID
Q5552031
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Germantown Academy” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գերմանթաունի ակադեմիա”
  • Chinese: “日耳曼敦学院”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اكاديميه جيرمانتاون”
  • French: “Germantown Academy”
  • German: “Germantown Academy”
  • Japanese: “ジャーマンタウン・アカデミー”
  • Portuguese: “Germantown Academy”
  • Swedish: “Germantown Academy”

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