Alfred E. Burk House

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.

Type: Historic building
Description: historic site in N Broad Street, Philadelphia
Also known as: “Burk Mansion”
Address: 1500 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edwin Forrest House and The Blue Horizon.

Edwin Forrest House

Historic building

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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. Edwin Forrest House is situated 680 feet south of Alfred E. Burk House.

The Blue Horizon

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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. The Blue Horizon is situated 860 feet south of Alfred E. Burk House.

Liacouras Center

Sports venue

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The Liacouras Center is a 10,206-seat multi-purpose venue located on the campus of Temple University in North Philadelphia. Opened in 1997, the arena was originally named The Forum at The Apollo of Temple and was renamed in 2000 for university president Peter J. Liacouras Center is situated 1,300 feet north of Alfred E. Burk House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yorktown and Sharswood.

Yorktown

Neighborhood

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North Philadelphia East is a neighborhood that is located in the eastern central part of North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Sharswood

Neighborhood

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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.

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.

Alfred E. Burk House

Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.97617° or 39° 58′ 34″ north

Longitude

-75.15883° or 75° 9′ 32″ west

Height

59 feet (18 metres)

Operator

Temple University

Open location code

87F6XRGR+FF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 727749648

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

Wikidata ID

Q65091084

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