Gladwyne Free Library
Gladwyne Free Library is a library in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania which is located on Righters Mill Road. Gladwyne Free Library is situated nearby to the pond Dove Lake, as well as near the suburb Penn Valley.- Type: Library
- Description: public library in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as: “Gladwyne Branch Lower Merion Township Library”
- Address: 362 Righters Mill Road, Gladwyne, PA 19035
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bryn Mawr College and Dove Lake.
Bryn Mawr College
College
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Bryn Mawr College is a private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of historically women's colleges in the United States. Bryn Mawr College is situated 2 miles west of Gladwyne Free Library.
Dove Lake
Pond
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Dove Lake is a reservoir in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was created by damming Mill Creek. Dove Lake was the setting of the 1885 painting The Swimming Hole by Thomas Eakins. Dove Lake is on a privately owned property in Bryn Mawr and Gladwyne.
Shawmont station
Railway station
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Shawmont is a former train station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located on Nixon Street in the Roxborough section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia. Shawmont station is situated 1½ miles east of Gladwyne Free Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gladwyne and Penn Valley.
Gladwyne
Village
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Gladwyne is a suburban community in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. In 2018, Gladwyne was ranked the sixth richest ZIP Code in the country in a study by Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
Penn Valley
Suburb
Penn Valley is an unincorporated community located within Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Despite sharing a zip code with Narberth, because the community does not have its own post office, Penn Valley is a separate and distinct community… Penn Valley is situated 1½ miles southeast of Gladwyne Free Library.
Miquon
Hamlet
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Miquon is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located partly in Whitemarsh Township and partly in Springfield Township, it lies between the Roxborough section of Philadelphia and the Spring Mill section of Whitemarsh Township. Miquon is situated 1½ miles northeast of Gladwyne Free Library.
Gladwyne Free Library
- Categories: library branch, public library, building, and education
- Location: Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.0381° or 40° 2′ 17″ northLongitude
-75.28099° or 75° 16′ 52″ westElevation
381 feet (116 metres)Open location code
87G62PQ9+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 1472478676OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=libraryGeoNames ID
7147727Wikidata ID
Q69963834
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In Other Languages
“Gladwyne Free Library” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “グラッドウィン自由図書館”
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