Wister

Wister is a railway stop in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Wister is situated nearby to New Beginnings Christian Church, as well as near the mosque Masjid Muhammad.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wister station and Grumblethorpe.

Wister station

Railway station

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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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Wister

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.03615° or 40° 2′ 10″ north

Longitude

-75.16118° or 75° 9′ 40″ west

Network

SEPTA

Open location code

87G62RPQ+FG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7064617203

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

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