John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones is a work of art in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. John Paul Jones is situated near Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden, as well as near the historic site Fairmount Water Works.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Philadelphia Museum of Art and Fairmount Water Works.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval. Philadelphia Museum of Art is situated 720 feet southeast of John Paul Jones.

Fairmount Water Works

Historic site

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The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was Philadelphia's second municipal waterworks. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and originally finished in 1815, it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design and becoming a popular tourist attraction. Fairmount Water Works is situated 360 feet southwest of John Paul Jones.

Rocky Steps

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The Rocky Steps is an informal name to the 72 stone steps leading up to the East entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia that gained global fame after being featured in a notable scene from the 1976 film Rocky. Rocky Steps is situated 1,100 feet southeast of John Paul Jones.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairmount and Mantua.

Fairmount

Neighborhood

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Fairmount is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are north of Fairmount Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.

Mantua

Neighborhood

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Mantua is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located north of Spring Garden Street, east of 40th Street, south of Mantua Avenue, and west of 31st Street.

Brewerytown

Neighborhood

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Brewerytown is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. An unofficial region, Brewerytown runs approximately between the Schuylkill River's eastern bank and 25th Street, bounded by Montgomery Avenue to the north and Parrish Street to the south.

John Paul Jones

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: statue
Category: tourism
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.96705° or 39° 58′ 1″ north

Longitude

-75.18265° or 75° 10′ 58″ west

Open location code

87F6XR88+RW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1847081995

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=statue

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden and Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center.

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