Marian Anderson House
The Marian Anderson House is a historic home located in the Southwest Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built circa 1870 in the same neighborhood where opera singer and civil rights activist Marian Anderson was born 27 years later, this two-story, brick rowhouse dwelling was designed in the Italianate style.Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: historic home located in the Southwest Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “National Marian Anderson Museum” and “The Marian Anderson Historical Society and Museum”
- Address: 762 Martin Street, Philadelphia, PA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Curtis Institute of Music and St. Charles Borromeo Church.
Curtis Institute of Music
University
Photo: Alsandro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, a Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. Curtis Institute of Music is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Marian Anderson House.
St. Charles Borromeo Church
Church
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St. Charles Borromeo Church is situated 600 feet southwest of Marian Anderson House.
Rosenbach Museum and Library
Museum
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The Rosenbach is a Philadelphia museum and library located within two 19th-century townhouses. Established as a testamentary gift in 1954, the historic houses contain the donated collections of Dr. Rosenbach Museum and Library is situated 1,800 feet north of Marian Anderson House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include SW Center City and Rittenhouse Square.
SW Center City
Neighborhood
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Southwest Center City, also known as Graduate Hospital, is a neighborhood that is located in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, bordering Center City Philadelphia.
Rittenhouse Square
Neighborhood
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Rittenhouse Square is a public park in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is the center of the eponymous Rittenhouse neighborhood. The square is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn and his surveyor Thomas Holme during the late 17th century.
Hawthorne
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Hawthorne is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located between Broad Street and 11th Street, and extends from South Street to Washington Avenue.
Marian Anderson House
- Categories: terrace house, building, tourism, historic site, historic house, and tourist attraction
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.94238° or 39° 56′ 33″ northLongitude
-75.17495° or 75° 10′ 30″ westOpen location code
87F6WRRG+X2OpenStreetMap ID
way 705850337OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=houseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q2949230
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Marian Anderson House” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Marian Anderson House”
- French: “Marian Anderson House”
- German: “Marian Anderson House”
- Japanese: “マリアン・アンダーソン・ハウス”
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Highlights include Union Baptist Church and Pemberton Garden.
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