Washington Monument
Washington Monument is a work of art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Washington Monument is situated nearby to Ericsson Fountain, as well as near Eli Kirk Price Fountain.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Philadelphia Museum of Art and Rocky Steps.
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 690 feet northwest of Washington Monument.
Rocky Steps
The Rocky Steps are 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 360 feet northwest of Washington Monument.
Eakins Oval
Park
Photo: Ken Thomas, Public domain.
Eakins Oval is a traffic circle in Philadelphia. It forms the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway just in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with a central array of fountains and monuments, and a network of pedestrian walkways.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spring Garden and Fairmount.
Spring Garden
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Spring Garden is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bordering Center City on the north. Spring Garden is a neighborhood that combines diverse residential neighborhoods and significant cultural attractions.
Fairmount
Neighborhood
Photo: goosegoddesss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Roesluna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Washington Monument
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Categories: tourism and fountain
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.96426° or 39° 57′ 51″ northLongitude
-75.17915° or 75° 10′ 45″ westInception
May 5th, 1897Open location code
87F6XR7C+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 1387913462OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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