Holmesburg Prison
Holmesburg Prison, given the nickname "The Terrordome," was a prison operated by the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Department of Prisons from 1896 to 1995.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holmesburg Junction station and Frankford Avenue Bridge.
Holmesburg Junction station
Railway station
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Holmesburg Junction station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Rhawn and Decatur Streets in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line. Holmesburg Junction station is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Holmesburg Prison.
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 2,400 feet north of Holmesburg Prison.
Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church
Church
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Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church is situated 3,200 feet north of Holmesburg Prison.
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.
Holmesburg Prison
- Type: Building
- Description: former detention center in Pennsylvania, United States
- Category: prison
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.03712° or 40° 2′ 14″ northLongitude
-75.0188° or 75° 1′ 8″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
87G62XPJ+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 531477295OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“Holmesburg Prison” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “杭斯伯格州立監獄”
- Chinese: “荷莫斯堡監獄”
- Dutch: “Holmesburg Prison”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سجن هولمسبورج”
- Persian: “زندان هولمزبرگ”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Holmesburg Prison”. Photo: Marduk, Public domain.