Commandant’s Quarters
Commandant's Quarters, also known as Quarters "A", is a historic home located at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1874–1875, and is a three-story, painted brick dwelling in the Italian Villa-style.Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: listed on the NRHP in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Quarters A”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Xfinity Mobile Arena and Lincoln Financial Field.
Xfinity Mobile Arena
Sports venue
Xfinity Mobile Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Philadelphia. It serves as the home of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, and the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League. Xfinity Mobile Arena is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Commandant’s Quarters.
Lincoln Financial Field
Stadium
Photo: Betp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lincoln Financial Field is an American football stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. It is the home stadium of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and the Temple Owls football team of Temple University. Lincoln Financial Field is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Commandant’s Quarters.
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was the first United States Navy shipyard and was historically important for nearly two centuries. Construction of the original Philadelphia Naval Shipyard began during the American Revolution in 1776 at Front and Federal Streets in what is now the Pennsport section of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Naval Shipyard is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Commandant’s Quarters.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Packer Park and Red Bank.
Packer Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Packer Park is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that originally included 1,000 homes built in two unique builder developments, of Packer Park in the 1950s and Brinton Estates during the 1990s.
Red Bank
Hamlet
National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,026, a decrease of 10 from the 2010 census count of 3,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 169 from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 census. Red Bank is situated 1½ miles south of Commandant’s Quarters.
Whitman
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Whitman is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded on the west by Sixth Street, on the east by Front Street, on the south by Bigler Street, and on the north by Snyder Avenue. Whitman is situated 2 miles northeast of Commandant’s Quarters.
Commandant’s Quarters
- Categories: house, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.89676° or 39° 53′ 48″ northLongitude
-75.17705° or 75° 10′ 37″ westInception
1875Open location code
87F6VRWF+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 89434182OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=maritimeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5152133
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- French: “Commandant’s Quarters”
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