Upper School Library

Upper School Library is a library in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Upper School Library is situated nearby to Founder’s Hall Museum, as well as near Girard Garden at the Berean Institute.

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 1 mile southwest of Upper School Library.

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 2,100 feet southwest of Upper School Library.

Church of the Gesú

Church

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The Church of the Gesú is a Roman Catholic chapel and former parish church located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1868 by Burchard Villiger, the church was the center of several Jesuit educational institutions, including St. Joseph's Preparatory School, St. Church of the Gesú is situated 1,200 feet east of Upper School Library.

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.

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.

Upper School Library

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

39.9734° or 39° 58′ 24″ north

Longitude

-75.16936° or 75° 10′ 10″ west

Operator

Girard College

Open location code

87F6XRFJ+97

OpenStreetMap ID

way 74660787

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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