Wister
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
- Type: Neighborhood with 4,320 residents
- Description: human settlement in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Wister, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grumblethorpe and Conyngham-Hacker House.
Grumblethorpe
Museum
Grumblethorpe was the home of the Wister family in the present-day Germantown section of Philadelphia, who lived there for over 160 years. It was built in 1744 as a summer residence, but it became the family's year-round residence in 1793.
Conyngham-Hacker House
Historic building
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
The Conyngham-Hacker House is a historic house in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 2½-story stone house was built in 1755 by William Forbes.
Howell House
Historic building
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
The Howell House is a historic house in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The three-story stone house was built in 1795 by William Forbes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Germantown and Nicetown–Tioga.
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.
Nicetown–Tioga
Neighborhood
Photo: CTLiotta, Public domain.
Nicetown–Tioga is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. It comprises two smaller, older neighborhoods, Nicetown and Tioga, although the distinction between the two is rarely emphasized today.
Logan
Neighborhood
Logan is a neighborhood in the upper North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The majority of the neighborhood falls within the 19141 zip code, but some of it falls within 19140.
Wister
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.03324° or 40° 1′ 60″ northLongitude
-75.1649° or 75° 9′ 54″ westPopulation
4,320Elevation
194 feet (59 metres)Open location code
87G62RMP+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 158282644OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5219860Wikidata ID
Q16903583
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Wister” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wister”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویستر، فیلئیدلفیا”
- Turkish: “Wister”
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