Morton McMichael

Morton McMichael is a work of art in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Morton McMichael is situated near Lemon Hill Playground, as well as near the manor estate Sedgley Porter House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Philadelphia Museum of Art and Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial.

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 3,600 feet southeast of Morton McMichael.

Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial

Garden

The Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial is a sculpture garden located in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The garden, located along the left bank of the Schuylkill River between Boathouse Row and the Girard Avenue Bridge, was established by the Fairmount Park Art Association and dedicated in 1961. Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial is situated 540 feet west of Morton McMichael.

Lemon Hill

Museum

Photo: Brian W. Schaller, FAL.

Lemon Hill is a Federal-style mansion in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, built from 1799 to 1800 by Philadelphia merchant Henry Pratt. The house is named after the citrus fruits that Pratt cultivated on the property in the early 19th century. Lemon Hill is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Morton McMichael.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairmount and Brewerytown.

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.

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.

Northwest Philadelphia

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Philadelphia's Northwest district is a huge area north of Lehigh Ave and west of Front St. This isn't the most visited part of town, but nonetheless there are plenty of interesting neighborhoods to explore.

Morton McMichael

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

39.97313° or 39° 58′ 23″ north

Longitude

-75.18902° or 75° 11′ 21″ west

Established

1882

Open location code

87F6XRF6+79

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6160000608

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=statue

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Lemon Hill Playground and Lemon Hill.

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