Thomas Eakins House
The Thomas Eakins House is a historic house at 1727-29 Mount Vernon Street in the Spring Garden section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. Built about 1854, it was for most of his life the home of Thomas Eakins, one of the most influential American artists of the late 19th century.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Historic house
- Description: historic house in Pennsylvania, United States
- Address: 1729 Mount Vernon Street, Philadelphia, PA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Philadelphia Museum of Art and West Green Street Church.
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 3,900 feet west of Thomas Eakins House.
West Green Street Church
Church
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West Green Street Church is situated 530 feet west of Thomas Eakins House.
Barnes Foundation
Museum
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The Barnes Foundation is an art collection and educational institution promoting the appreciation of art and horticulture. Originally in Merion, the art collection moved in 2012 to a new building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Barnes Foundation is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Thomas Eakins House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spring Garden and Francisville.
Spring Garden
Neighborhood
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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.
Francisville
Neighborhood
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Francisville is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are Fairmount Avenue to the south, Girard Avenue to the north, Broad Street to the east, and Corinthian Avenue to the west.
Logan Square
Neighborhood
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Logan Square is a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Bounded by Market Street on the south, Spring Garden Street on the north, Broad Street on the east, and the Schuylkill River on the west, it occupies the northwestern quadrant of Center City.
Thomas Eakins House
- Categories: house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.9654° or 39° 57′ 56″ northLongitude
-75.16696° or 75° 10′ 1″ westHeight
55 feet (17 metres)Open location code
87F6XR8M+56OpenStreetMap ID
way 706543048OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=houseWikidata ID
Q7789216
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Japanese—“Thomas Eakins House” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Dům Thomase Eakinse”
- French: “Thomas Eakins House”
- Japanese: “トマス・エイキンズ邸”
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