Morton

Morton is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located south of West Oak Lane, east of Mount Airy, and west of North Broad Street.

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Type: Neighborhood
Description: human settlement in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Also known as: “Germantown - Morton” and “Morton, Philadelphia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mennonite Meetinghouse and Wyck House.

Mennonite Meetinghouse

Historic building

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The Mennonite Meetinghouse is an historic, American Mennonite church building that is located at 6119 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Wyck House

Historic building

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The Wyck house, also known as the Haines house or Hans Millan house, is a historic mansion, museum, garden, and urban farm in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Concord School House

Museum

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The Concord School House is a historic one-room schoolhouse in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is operated today as a museum. It is part of the Colonial Germantown Historic District which was named a National Historic Landmark District in 1965.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and Wister.

Germantown

Neighborhood

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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.

Wister

Neighborhood

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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.