Vernon Park
Vernon Park is a park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Vernon Park is situated nearby to the suburb Northwest Philadelphia, as well as near the neighborhood Germantown.Places of Interest
Highlights include Vernon-Wister House and First Presbyterian Church of Germantown.
Vernon-Wister House
Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Vernon-Wister House is a historic house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1803 by James Matthews, from whom John Wister purchased it in 1812.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Germantown and Morton.
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.
Morton
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Morton is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located south of West Oak Lane, east of Mount Airy, and west of North Broad Street.
Wister
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Wister is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded by Chelten Avenue to the north, Germantown Avenue to the west, Belfield Avenue to the east, and Wister Street to the south.
Vernon Park
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, United States of America
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.03582° or 40° 2′ 9″ northLongitude
-75.17671° or 75° 10′ 36″ westElevation
236 feet (72 metres)Open location code
87G62RPF+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 758768179OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Vernon Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vernon Park (parke sa Estados Unidos, Pennsylvania)”
- Cebuano: “Vernon Park”
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Localities in the Area
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