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.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Oaks Cloister and Tulpehocken station.

Oaks Cloister

Historic building

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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″ north

Longitude

-75.19008° or 75° 11′ 24″ west

Elevation

194 feet (59 metres)

Open location code

87G62RH5+XX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1191898516

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=district

GeoNames ID

5208425

Wikidata ID

Q7336804

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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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