Historic Rittenhouse Town
Historic RittenhouseTown, sometimes referred to as Rittenhouse Historic District, encompasses the remains of an early industrial community which was the site of the first paper mill in British North America.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Oaks Cloister and Tulpehocken station.
Oaks Cloister
Historic building
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oaks Cloister is a historic mansion in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. It was built in 1900 by the architect Joseph Miller Huston. Huston, who was the architect of the Pennsylvania Capitol, built Oaks Cloister as his home and studio.
Tulpehocken station
Railway station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tulpehocken station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 333 West Tulpehocken Street in the Germantown neighborhood, it serves the Chestnut Hill West Line.
Chelten Avenue station
Railway station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chelten Avenue station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located on West Chelten Avenue in the Germantown neighborhood, it serves the Chestnut Hill West Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Falls and Germantown.
East Falls
Neighborhood
East Falls is a neighborhood in Lower Northwest, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies on the east bank of the "Falls of the Schuylkill," cataracts submerged in 1822 by the Schuylkill Canal and Fairmount Water Works projects.
Germantown
Neighborhood
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
Germantown is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by Palatine, Quaker, and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent borough, it was absorbed into Philadelphia in 1854.
Wissahickon
Neighborhood
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Wissahickon is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Wissahickon is located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roxborough and Manayunk, and it is bounded by the Wissahickon Valley Park, Ridge Avenue, Hermit Street, and Henry Avenue.
Historic Rittenhouse Town
- Type: Protected area
- Also known as: “Historic RittenhouseTown”, “Rittenhouse Town”, and “RittenhouseTown Historic District”
- Categories: historic house museum, historic site, and nonprofit organization
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.02993° or 40° 1′ 48″ northLongitude
-75.19008° or 75° 11′ 24″ westElevation
194 feet (59 metres)Open location code
87G62RH5+XXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1191898516OpenStreetMap feature
historic=district
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Historic Rittenhouse Town” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Historic Rittenhouse Town”
- Chinese: “黎頓郝斯鎮歷史地區”
- German: “Rittenhousetown Historic District”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rittenhouse Papermill and Enoch House.
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