Wister Playground
Wister Playground is a park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wister Playground is situated nearby to the neighborhood Fishers, as well as near Nicetown–Tioga.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wister station and Grumblethorpe.
Wister station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wister and Nicetown–Tioga.
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.
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 Playground
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Wister Recreation Center”
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.03258° or 40° 1′ 57″ northLongitude
-75.16036° or 75° 9′ 37″ westElevation
220 feet (67 metres)Open location code
87G62RMQ+2VOpenStreetMap ID
way 744181470OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
9681529
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Localities in the Area
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