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Chestnut Hill Historical Society; National Register of Historic Places Inventory–Nomination Form; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1700, "Houston–Sauveur House, 8205 Seminole Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
Chestnut Hill is home to several private schools. The Pre-K-12 Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, educates single-sex Pre-K-8 and coed 9–12, formed in 2010 through the merger of Springside School and Chestnut Hill Academy. Other private schools in Chestnut Hill are The Crefeld School (7-12), and the K-8 Norwood-Fontbonne Academy.
Chestnut Hill Historic District: Chestnut Hill Historic District: June 20, 1985 : Roughly bounded by Fairmount Park and the Montgomery County line: Chestnut Hill: 9: Clarkson-Watson House: Clarkson-Watson House: April 2, 1973
The Anglecot, also known as the Potter Residence, is an historic residence in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [2]Designed by noted Philadelphia architect Wilson Eyre for Charles Adams Potter (1860-1925), a manufacturer of linoleum, [3] it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The Germantown-Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, also referred to "Uptown" is about 7–8 miles northwest from the center of the city. The neighborhood of Germantown is rich in historic sites and buildings from the colonial era, a few of which
The properties are distributed across all of Philadelphia's 12 planning districts. East/West Oak Lane, Olney, Upper North and Lower North are included as North Philadelphia. Kensington, Near Northeast and Far Northeast are part of Northeast Philadelphia. Roxborough/Manayunk and Germantown/Chestnut Hill are a part of Northwest Philadelphia.
The centerpiece of the historic district is Druim Moir Castle (1885–86), whose main gate is at the corner of Willow Grove Avenue and Cherokee Street. Designed by architects G. W. & W. D. Hewitt, and built at a cost of over $115,000 for Henry H. Houston, the thirty-room home was the largest in its neighborhood.
Roughly bounded by Chestnut, 15th, Walnut, Sansom, and 21st Streets; also roughly bounded by the Center City West Historic District, S. 15th, Locust St., and S. Sydenham St. 39°56′45″N 75°10′20″W / 39.9458°N 75.1722°W / 39.9458; -75.1722 ( Center City West Commercial Historic