Graff Memorial

Graff Memorial is a memorial in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Graff Memorial is situated nearby to South Garden Fountain, as well as near Central Marble Fountain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 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 650 feet east of Graff Memorial.

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.

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 920 feet east of Graff Memorial.

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.

Powelton Village

Neighborhood

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Powelton Village is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of mostly Victorian and twin style homes.

Graff Memorial

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Front panel of second plith: ‘Erected by the City Councils of Philadelphia, June 1, 1848’ Rear panel of second plinth: ‘To the memory of Frederick Graff, who designed and executed the Fairmount Water Works’”
Category: historic site
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.96564° or 39° 57′ 56″ north

Longitude

-75.18323° or 75° 10′ 60″ west

Open location code

87F6XR88+7P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8069499348

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Central Marble Fountain and South Garden Fountain.

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