Gratz College
Gratz College is a private Jewish college in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States. The college traces its origins to 1856 when banker, philanthropist, and communal leader Hyman Gratz and the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia joined to establish a trust to create a Hebrew teachers college.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Elkins Park station.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Church
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church at Old York and Ashbourne Roads in Elkins Park, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is situated 1,600 feet north of Gratz College.
Elkins Park station
Railway station
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Elkins Park station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station located in the Elkins Park neighborhood of Cheltenham Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Elkins Park station is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Gratz College.
Melrose Park station
Railway station
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Melrose Park station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania. Located at the intersection of Valley Road and Mill Road, it serves the Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and West Trenton lines. Melrose Park station is situated 3,000 feet southeast of Gratz College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melrose Park and La Mott.
Melrose Park
Hamlet
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Melrose Park is an unincorporated section of Cheltenham Township on the Philadelphia city line in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, It is bordered to the south by Cheltenham Avenue, to the west by Old York Road, to the east by New Second Street and to the north by Ashbourne Road.
La Mott
Hamlet
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La Mott is an unincorporated community located within Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Its name honors the leading 19th Century abolitionist and suffragist, Lucretia Mott, who resided in the neighborhood.
Elkins Park
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Elkins Park is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is split between Cheltenham and Abington Townships in the northern suburbs outside of Philadelphia, which it borders along Cheltenham Avenue roughly 7 miles from Center City.
Gratz College
- Type: School
- Description: Private Jewish college in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, Unites States
- Categories: private not-for-profit educational institution, college, academic publisher, and education
- Location: Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.06695° or 40° 4′ 1″ northLongitude
-75.13359° or 75° 8′ 1″ westElevation
210 feet (64 metres)Open location code
87G63V88+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 357372889OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=school
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Gratz College” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “格拉茨学院”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كليه جراتز”
- French: “Gratz College”
- Hebrew: “גראץ קולג‘”
- Japanese: “グラッツ大学”
- Persian: “کالج گراتز”
- Russian: “колледж Гратц”
- Slovenian: “Gratz College”
- Urdu: “گراٹز کالج”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ashbourne and Elkins Park Gardens.
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