Oaks Cloister

Oaks Cloister is a historic mansion in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. It was built in 1900 by the architect Joseph Miller Huston. Huston, who was the architect of the Pennsylvania Capitol, built Oaks Cloister as his home and studio.

Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Historic building
Description: building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Address: 5829 Wissahickon Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chelten Avenue station and Historic Rittenhouse Town.

Chelten Avenue station

Railway station

Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chelten Avenue station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located on West Chelten Avenue in the Germantown neighborhood, it serves the Chestnut Hill West Line. Chelten Avenue station is situated 940 feet east of Oaks Cloister.

Historic Rittenhouse Town

Protected area

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Historic RittenhouseTown, sometimes referred to as Rittenhouse Historic District, encompasses the remains of an early industrial community which was the site of the first paper mill in British North America.

Tulpehocken station

Railway station

Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tulpehocken station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 333 West Tulpehocken Street in the Germantown neighborhood, it serves the Chestnut Hill West Line. Tulpehocken station is situated 2,100 feet north of Oaks Cloister.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and East Falls.

Germantown

Neighborhood

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

Germantown is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by Palatine, Quaker, and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent borough, it was absorbed into Philadelphia in 1854.

East Falls

Neighborhood

East Falls is a neighborhood in Lower Northwest, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies on the east bank of the "Falls of the Schuylkill," cataracts submerged in 1822 by the Schuylkill Canal and Fairmount Water Works projects.

Wister

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Wister is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded by Chelten Avenue to the north, Germantown Avenue to the west, Belfield Avenue to the east, and Wister Street to the south.

Oaks Cloister

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

40.02972° or 40° 1′ 47″ north

Longitude

-75.18453° or 75° 11′ 4″ west

Height

64 feet (20 metres)

Open location code

87G62RH8+V5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 769468352

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

Wikidata ID

Q29641762

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