Manor Woods

Manor Woods is a forest in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Manor Woods is situated nearby to the hamlet McKinley, as well as near Hollywood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abington Art Center and Beth Sholom Synagogue.

Abington Art Center

Arts center

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Abington Art Center is an art center built in 1939, and located in Abington Township, a northern suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The center resides within Alverthorpe Manor and the surrounding 27-acre grounds that were formerly the residence of Lessing J.

Beth Sholom Synagogue

Synagogue

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Beth Sholom Synagogue is a Conservative Jewish synagogue at 8231 Old York Road in Elkins Park, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The main synagogue building, completed in 1959, was the only Jewish house of worship designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; it consists of a hexagonal base topped by a tetrahedron-shaped pyramidal roof.

Jenkins’ Town Lyceum Building

Library

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The Jenkins' Town Lyceum Building, also known as the Jenkintown Library, is an historic American lyceum and library building in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jenkintown and Elkins Park.

Jenkintown

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Jenkintown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, with National Landmarks, an active arts scene, and shops and restaurants. It is approximately 10 miles north of Center City Philadelphia.

Elkins Park

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Elkins Park is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is split between Cheltenham and Abington Townships in the northern suburbs outside of Philadelphia, which it borders along Cheltenham Avenue roughly 7 miles from Center City.