Center in the Park

Center in the Park is a community center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which is located on Germantown Avenue. Center in the Park is situated nearby to ACES Museum, as well as near Black Writers Museum.

Type: Community center
Also known as: “Vernon Park Library”
Address: 18, 5710 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vernon-Wister House and First Presbyterian Church of Germantown.

Vernon-Wister House

Historic building

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Vernon-Wister House is a historic house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1803 by James Matthews, from whom John Wister purchased it in 1812.

First Presbyterian Church of Germantown

Church

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

First Presbyterian Church of Germantown is situated 490 feet southeast of Center in the Park.

Polite Temple Baptist Church

Church

Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Polite Temple Baptist Church is situated 630 feet northeast of Center in the Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and Morton.

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.

Morton

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Morton is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located south of West Oak Lane, east of Mount Airy, and west of North Broad Street.

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.

Center in the Park

Categories: building, historic site, and historic building
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.0366° or 40° 2′ 12″ north

Longitude

-75.17646° or 75° 10′ 35″ west

Height

53 feet (16 metres)

Open location code

87G62RPF+JC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 773663131

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=community_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

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