Beggarstown School

The Beggarstown School, built c. 1740, is a historic school in Beggarstown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, now part of the neighborhood. It is a rare example of a school building from the colonial era.
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  • Type: Historic building
  • Also known as: “Beggarstown School Building”
  • Address: 6669 Germantown Avenue

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Michael’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and Germantown Church of the Brethren.

Church
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St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church is a historic church building in the neighborhood of , just north of the Germantown neighborhood.

Church
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is situated 560 feet southeast of Beggarstown School.

Historic building
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The , aka the Bensell-Billmeyer House, is an historic twin house in the Mount Airy section of , , United States. is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Beggarstown School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Airy and Morton.

Neighborhood
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is a of in the U.S. state of .

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

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

Beggarstown School

Latitude
40.05138° or 40° 3′ 5″ north
Longitude
-75.18493° or 75° 11′ 6″ west
Open location code
87G63R28+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 775346601
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Wiki­data ID
Q4880460
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