Wister station
Wister station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at Ashmead and Rubicam Streets in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is named after the nearby Wister Street.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: SEPTA Regional Rail station
- Also known as: “Wister” and “Wister Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Grumblethorpe is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Wister station.
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. Conyngham-Hacker House is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Wister station.
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. Howell House is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Wister station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wister and Germantown.
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.
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.
Wister station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.03628° or 40° 2′ 11″ northLongitude
-75.16148° or 75° 9′ 41″ westElevation
207 feet (63 metres)Operator
septaNetwork
SEPTAOpen location code
87G62RPQ+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 7004749559OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
7270269Wikidata ID
Q8027747
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Wister station” goes by many names.
- French: “Wister”
- Urdu: “وسٹر اسٹیشن”
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