Edwin Forrest House
The Edwin Forrest House is an historic house and arts building located at 1346 North Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built between 1853 and 1854, it was home, from 1880 until 1960, to the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, at one time one of the nation's largest art schools for women.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: historic building in Philadelphia
- Also known as: “Gaul-Forrest House”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Blue Horizon and Alfred E. Burk House.
The Blue Horizon
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Blue Horizon is a historic 1,346-seat former boxing venue in Philadelphia. The Ring magazine voted it the number-one boxing venue in the world, and Sports Illustrated noted it as the last great boxing venue in the country.
Alfred E. Burk House
Historic building
The Alfred E. Burk House, colloquially known as the Burk Mansion, is a Gilded Age late Victorian Italian Renaissance style house located at 1500 North Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania now owned by Temple University. Alfred E. Burk House is situated 680 feet north of Edwin Forrest House.
Metropolitan Opera House
Theater building
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
The Metropolitan Opera House is a historic opera house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Opened in 1908, it has been used for many purposes; since December 2018, it has been a pop concert venue managed by Live Nation Philadelphia. Metropolitan Opera House is situated 1,700 feet south of Edwin Forrest House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yorktown and Francisville.
Yorktown
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
North Philadelphia East is a neighborhood that is located in the eastern central part of North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Francisville
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Sharswood
Neighborhood
Photo: Evrik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sharswood is a small neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is located to the east of Brewerytown, north of Girard College, west of Ridge Avenue, east of 24th Street and south of Cecil B.
Edwin Forrest House
Latitude
39.97435° or 39° 58′ 28″ northLongitude
-75.15941° or 75° 9′ 34″ westOpen location code
87F6XRFR+P6OpenStreetMap ID
way 706570998OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q5346421
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