Germantown, Pennsylvania

E104997
historic district neighborhood

Germantown, Pennsylvania is a historic neighborhood in northwest Philadelphia known for its colonial-era sites and role in early American history.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Germantown 13
Germantown, Pennsylvania canonical 6
Germantown, Philadelphia 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
annexationYear 1854 ⓘ
annexedBy Philadelphia ⓘ
associatedWithMovement American Revolutionary era ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution

early American abolitionism (via some sites) ⓘ
climate humid continental to humid subtropical transition (similar to Philadelphia) ⓘ
contains Cliveden ⓘ
Deshler-Morris House ⓘ
Germantown Friends School ⓘ
Germantown High School ⓘ
surface form: Germantown High School (historic building)

Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse ⓘ
Grumblethorpe ⓘ
Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (historic campus) ⓘ
Wyck House ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
foundedAs independent town ⓘ
foundedBy German Quaker and Mennonite families ⓘ
hasAreaCode 215 ⓘ
267 ⓘ
445 ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Germantown Historical Society ⓘ
Johnson House Historic Site ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic racially and economically diverse population ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation U.S. National Historic Landmark District ⓘ
surface form: National Historic Landmark District (parts)

National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listings (multiple sites)
historicalIndustry small-scale manufacturing ⓘ
textile manufacturing ⓘ
historicalLanguageCommunity German-speaking settlers ⓘ
historicEvent Battle of Germantown ⓘ
temporary residence of President George Washington ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Germantown ⓘ
Chew House (Cliveden) ⓘ
Germantown Avenue commercial corridor ⓘ
Germantown White House (Deshler-Morris House) ⓘ
Revolutionary War history ⓘ
colonial-era historic sites ⓘ
historic churches ⓘ
role in early American history ⓘ
locatedIn Northwest Philadelphia ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Philadelphia County ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
locatedInState Pennsylvania ⓘ
majorStreet Germantown Avenue ⓘ
partOf Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: City of Philadelphia
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportServedBy SEPTA Regional Rail ⓘ
SEPTA bus routes ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louisa May Alcott → placeOfBirth → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Battle of Germantown → location → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad → servedArea → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad → connectedNeighborhood → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown
Francis Schaeffer → placeOfBirth → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States
Wayne Junction station → locatedInNeighborhood → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown
Francis Nash → placeOfDeath → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Francis Nash → burialPlace → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Howe’s 1777 Philadelphia campaign → hasKeyLocation → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown
Upsal station → locatedIn → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Germantown station → city → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown
Chelten Avenue station → locatedIn → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chelten Avenue station → servesNeighborhood → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown
Queen Lane station → locatedInNeighborhood → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown
SEPTA Bus Route H → servesNeighborhood → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown
Christoph Sauer → deathPlace → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown
Christoph Sauer → residence → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown
Christoph Sauer → workLocation → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown
Christoph Sauer → placeOfBurial → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown
Northwest Philadelphia → hasNeighborhood → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown
Henry Gibson → placeOfBirth → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Germantown High School → locatedIn → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown, Philadelphia
Germantown High School → neighborhoodServed → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown, Philadelphia
Wayne Junction → servedArea → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown
Germantown neighborhood → foundedAs → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germantown settlement
James Agnew → placeOfDeath → Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ