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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.02972° or 40° 1′ 47″ northLongitude
-75.18453° or 75° 11′ 4″ westHeight
64 feet (20 metres)Open location code
87G62RH8+V5OpenStreetMap ID
way 769468352OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q29641762
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