Pennsylvania State House of Corrections

Pennsylvania State House of Corrections is a building in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State House of Corrections is situated nearby to the railway station Holmesburg Junction station, as well as near the neighborhood Mayfair.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holmesburg Junction station and Frankford Avenue Bridge.

Holmesburg Junction station

Railway station

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Holmesburg Junction station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Rhawn and Decatur Streets in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line. Holmesburg Junction station is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Pennsylvania State House of Corrections.

Frankford Avenue Bridge

Bridge

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The Frankford Avenue Bridge, also known as the Pennypack Creek Bridge, the Pennypack Bridge, the Holmesburg Bridge, and the King's Highway Bridge, erected in 1697 in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is the oldest surviving roadway bridge in the United States. Frankford Avenue Bridge is situated 1 mile north of Pennsylvania State House of Corrections.

Tacony station

Railway station

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Tacony station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Disston and Keystone Streets in the Tacony neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line. Tacony station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Pennsylvania State House of Corrections.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holmesburg and Mayfair.

Holmesburg

Neighborhood

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Holmesburg began as a Village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania. It is now a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Mayfair

Neighborhood

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Mayfair is a working class neighborhood in lower Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, centered on the intersection of Cottman and Frankford Avenues.

Upper Holmesburg

Neighborhood

Upper Holmesburg is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the Delaware River and Pennypack Creek, from Frankford Avenue to Willits Road.

Pennsylvania State House of Corrections

Type: Building
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.0306° or 40° 1′ 50″ north

Longitude

-75.0185° or 75° 1′ 7″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Open location code

87G62XJJ+6H

GeoNames ID

7148530

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