The Monastery
The Monastery is a historic stone house in Philadelphia, located on Wissahickon Creek at Kitchens Lane. It was built in 1747 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: building in Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Monastery House” and “Monastery Mansion”
- Address: 1091 Kitchens Lane, Philadelphia, PA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mom Rinker’s Rock and Walnut Lane Bridge.
Mom Rinker’s Rock
Scenic viewpoint
Mom Rinker's Rock is a scenic outlook in Wissahickon Valley Park along the Wissahickon Creek in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on a ridge on the eastern side of the park just a little north of the Walnut Lane Bridge, close by the statue dedicated to Toleration. Mom Rinker’s Rock is situated 1,100 feet east of The Monastery.
Walnut Lane Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Walnut Lane Bridge is a concrete arch bridge located in Northwest Philadelphia that connects the Germantown and Roxborough neighborhoods across the Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park. Walnut Lane Bridge is situated 1,800 feet southeast of The Monastery.
Leverington Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Dwkaminski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leverington Cemetery is a historic non-denominational cemetery established in 1745 in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Leverington Cemetery is situated 2,600 feet west of The Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roxborough and Manayunk.
Roxborough
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Roxborough is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bordered to the southwest, along the Schuylkill River, by the neighborhood of Manayunk, along the northeast by the Wissahickon Creek section of Fairmount Park, and to the southeast by the neighborhood of East Falls.
Manayunk
Neighborhood
Photo: Dasprevailz, Public domain.
Manayunk is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania. Located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roxborough and Wissahickon and also on the banks of the Schuylkill River, Manayunk contains the first canal begun in the United States.
Wissahickon
Neighborhood
Photo: Kmdevoe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wissahickon is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Wissahickon is located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roxborough and Manayunk, and it is bounded by the Wissahickon Valley Park, Ridge Avenue, Hermit Street, and Henry Avenue.
The Monastery
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.03616° or 40° 2′ 10″ northLongitude
-75.20353° or 75° 12′ 13″ westHeight
45 feet (14 metres)Open location code
87G62QPW+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 767732271OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q7751972
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