Glen Foerd on the Delaware

Glen Foerd is a historic mansion and estate located in the Torresdale neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overlooking the Delaware River near the mouth of Poquessing Creek. Glen Foerd was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Type: Park
Description: building in Pennsylvania, United States
Also known as: “Glen Foerd at Torresdale”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Torresdale station and Riverside station.

Torresdale station

Railway station

Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Torresdale station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Grant Avenue and James Street in the Torresdale neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line. Torresdale station is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Glen Foerd on the Delaware.

Riverside station

Railway station

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Riverside station is a station on the River Line light rail system, located on Franklin Street in Riverside, New Jersey. The station opened on March 15, 2004. Riverside station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Glen Foerd on the Delaware.

Andalusia

Museum

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

Andalusia, also known as the Nicholas Biddle Estate, is a historic mansion and estate located on the Delaware River, just northeast of Philadelphia, in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Andalusia is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Glen Foerd on the Delaware.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Torresdale and Delanco.

Torresdale

Neighborhood

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Torresdale, also formerly known as Torrisdale, is a neighborhood in the Far Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Torresdale is located along the Delaware River between Holmesburg and Bensalem Township in neighboring Bucks County.

Delanco

Village

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Delanco Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 4,824, an increase of 541 from the 2010 census count of 4,283, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,046 from the 3,237 counted in the 2000 census.

Morrell Park

Neighborhood

Morrell Park is a neighborhood located in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the eastern side of the Far Northeast, northwest of Byberry Creek and east of Northeast Philadelphia Airport. Morrell Park is situated 1½ miles north of Glen Foerd on the Delaware.

Glen Foerd on the Delaware

Categories: building and recreation area
Location: Bucks County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.05187° or 40° 3′ 7″ north

Longitude

-74.98047° or 74° 58′ 50″ west

Open location code

87G73229+PR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 491398982

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q5567757

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Highlights include Glen Foerd Mansion and Torresdale Fountain.

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