Upper Roxborough Historic District
Upper Roxborough Historic District is a national historic district located in Philadelphia and Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 108 contributing buildings, 23 contributing sites, and 18 contributing structures in Upper Roxborough.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Waterworks
- Description: historic district in Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Lower Roxborough Filter Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shawmont station and Church of St. Alban, Roxborough.
Shawmont station
Railway station
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Shawmont is a former train station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located on Nixon Street in the Roxborough section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia. Shawmont station is situated 3,400 feet southwest of Upper Roxborough Historic District.
Church of St. Alban, Roxborough
Church
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The Church of St. Alban, Roxborough is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1859 as a chapel of ease of St. David's Episcopal Church in Manayunk, initially with a dedication to St. Church of St. Alban, Roxborough is situated 1 mile southeast of Upper Roxborough Historic District.
Ivy Ridge station
Railway station
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Ivy Ridge station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Umbria Street and Parker Avenue in Northwest Philadelphia, it serves the Manayunk/Norristown Line. Ivy Ridge station is situated 1 mile south of Upper Roxborough Historic District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Andorra and Miquon.
Andorra
Neighborhood
Andorra is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, which is a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Andorra is a part of Roxborough, being within the borders of the original Roxborough Township and having the same ZIP Code, 19128.
Miquon
Hamlet
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Miquon is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located partly in Whitemarsh Township and partly in Springfield Township, it lies between the Roxborough section of Philadelphia and the Spring Mill section of Whitemarsh Township. Miquon is situated 1½ miles northwest of Upper Roxborough Historic District.
Belmont Hills
Neighborhood
Located in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, Belmont Hills is a suburb of Philadelphia. Belmont Hills is a neighborhood within the village of Bala Cynwyd. Belmont Hills is situated 1½ miles south of Upper Roxborough Historic District.
Upper Roxborough Historic District
- Categories: historic district, historic site, and industry
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.04958° or 40° 2′ 59″ northLongitude
-75.24006° or 75° 14′ 24″ westOpen location code
87G62QX5+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 222764132OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=water_worksWikidata ID
Q7898886
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Roxborough Bible Chapel and Lower Roxborough Reservoir.
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