Upper School

Upper School is a school building in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Upper School is situated nearby to the church Girard College Chapel, as well as near Founder’s Hall Museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Philadelphia Museum of Art and Eastern State Penitentiary.

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 southwest of Upper School.

Eastern State Penitentiary

Museum

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The Eastern State Penitentiary is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. Eastern State Penitentiary is situated 1,900 feet south of Upper School.

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 1 mile south of Upper School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Francisville and Sharswood.

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.

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.

Fairmount

Neighborhood

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Fairmount is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are north of Fairmount Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.

Upper School

Type: School building
Categories: building and education
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.97334° or 39° 58′ 24″ north

Longitude

-75.1715° or 75° 10′ 17″ west

Open location code

87F6XRFH+8C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 74660786

OpenStreetMap feature

building=school

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