Spring Garden College

The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf is the third-oldest school of its kind in the United States. Its founder, David G. Seixas, was a Philadelphia crockery maker-dealer who became concerned with the plight of impoverished deaf children who he observed on the city's streets.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Airy station and Richard Allen Lane station.

Mount Airy station

Railway station

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Mount Airy station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 119 East Gowen Avenue between Devon and Sprague Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was built in 1875 with Frank Furness as the likely architect. Mount Airy station is situated 1,700 feet east of Spring Garden College.

Richard Allen Lane station

Railway station

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Richard Allen Lane station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia. It is located at 200 West Allens Lane in the Mount Airy neighborhood and serves the Chestnut Hill West Line. Richard Allen Lane station is situated 2,400 feet south of Spring Garden College.

St. Martins station

Railway station

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Saint Martins station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 311 West Springfield Avenue near the intersection of West Willow Grove and Seminole Avenues, it serves the Chestnut Hill West Line. St. Martins station is situated 2,300 feet west of Spring Garden College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill.

Mount Airy

Neighborhood

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Mount Airy is a neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

Chestnut Hill

Neighborhood

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Chestnut Hill is a neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for the high incomes of its residents and high real estate values, as well as its private schools.

Wyndmoor

Village

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Wyndmoor is a census-designated place in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,853 at the 2020 census. Wyndmoor has the same ZIP code, 19038, as the towns of Glenside, North Hills, and Erdenheim.

Spring Garden College

Type: School
Also known as: “Pennsylvania School for the Deaf”
Categories: school for the deaf and education
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.06372° or 40° 3′ 49″ north

Longitude

-75.19684° or 75° 11′ 49″ west

Elevation

331 feet (101 metres)

Open location code

87G63R73+F7

GeoNames ID

5213351

Wikidata ID

Q15265915

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In Other Languages

From Esperanto to French—“Spring Garden College” goes by many names.

Esperanto: “Pensilvania Lernejo por Surduloj”
French: “Pennsylvania School for the Deaf”

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