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Boundaries
Chestnut Hill is
bounded as follows:
History
The village of
Chestnut Hill was part of the
German Township laid out by
Francis Daniel Pastorius and came to include the settlements
originally known as Sommerhausen and Crefeld, as well as part of
Cresheim. It served as a gateway between Philadelphia and the
nearby farmlands. During the U.S.
Revolutionary War era (late
18th century), the area was one of many summer vacation
spots due to its higher elevation (400-500 feet above sea level)
and cooler temperatures than the historic Center City. (Chestnut
Hill is still known as one of the more affluent sections of
Philadelphia.)
Chestnut Hill
(along with many other towns and farmlands of Philadelphia
County) became part of the City of Philadelphia in 1854 as part
of the
Act of Consolidation, when the County and the City became
completely coterminous. In the same year, the Chestnut Hill
Railroad opened, marking the beginning of the area's development
as a railroad suburb.
During the
American Civil War, Chestnut Hill was home to
Mower U.S. Army General Hospital, constructed to serve
Union army soldiers.
The area is also
an early "streetcar
suburb" of Philadelphia, and contains a wide variety of
19th- and early-20th-century
residential buildings by many of the most prominent Philadelphia
architects.
Architecture and housing stock
Housing in
Chestnut Hill is very expensive for this region. In 2005, it had
a median home sale price of $397,500—the highest of any
Philadelphia neighborhood outside of
Center City. This price was a decline of 2% from its 2004
median price.
Among the
historic and notable properties located in this neighborhood
are:
Public transportation
Public
transportation in southeastern Pennsylvania, which includes
Philadelphia and the surrounding counties, is provided by
SEPTA, the region's mass transit authority.
Regional rail (a.k.a. commuter rail)
Two
SEPTA
regional rail lines serve Chestnut Hill: the
R7 and
R8.
Buses
Several
SEPTA bus lines serve Chestnut Hill: 23, 77, 94, 134, and L.
Trolleys (a.k.a. trams or streetcars)
Trams in the southeastern Pennsylvania region are usually
known as trolleys. The trolley network of this region was
very extensive prior to
World War II, but has shrunken since that era. Chestnut Hill
was formerly served by trolleys. Trolley service to Chestnut
Hill began in 1894, and trolley tracks still run down the
Belgian-block-paved main street of the neighborhood, Germantown
Avenue. SEPTA "temporarily suspended" regular trolley service in
1992. Trolleys still ran on special occasions until late 2005 or
early 2006, when the tracks further south in
Mount Airy were paved over with asphalt due to the extremely
rough condition of the Avenue's stone pavement there. Various
factors that make it unlikely that trolley service will ever be
restored are:
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today's tremendous costs for properly
maintaining and repairing the stone pavement
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redundancy with bus routes
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ridership projections that can't match those
of the golden era of trolleys (hence insufficient fare
revenue projections).
Education
Primary and secondary schools
Public education
John Story Jenks School
Residents are
zoned to schools in the
School District of Philadelphia. Students in grades
kindergarten through 8 are zoned to
John Story Jenks School, while students in grades 9 through
12 are zoned to
Germantown High School.
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Private education
Chestnut Hill is
home to many private schools, including
Chestnut Hill Academy,
Springside School,
The Crefeld School,
Norwood-Fontbonne Academy, and
Our Mother of Consolation.
Parks and arboretums
Other notable institutions
On the National Register of Historic Places
Notable residents (past and present)
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R. Tucker Abbott,
malacologist and author
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Willie Anderson, golfer, winner of four
U.S. Opens
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James Bond (ornithologist) and namesake of the fictional
secret agent
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Melissa Fitzgerald, actress
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William J. Green, III, former mayor of Philadelphia
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W. Thacher Longstreth, former City Councilman At-Large
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David Morse, actor
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Frank Rizzo, former mayor of Philadelphia
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Witold Rybczynski, architect and urban policy scholar
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Hugh Scott,
U.S. Congressman and
Senator
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Denise Scott Brown, architect
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Frederick Winslow Taylor, engineer, management theorist,
and consultant
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Robert Venturi, architect
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Henry H. Houston, railroad businessman and developer
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George Stanley Woodward, architect
External links
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Trish Franklin
Trish Franklin Team
Keller Williams Real Estate
910 Harvest Drive Suite 100
Blue Bell, PA 19422
(215) 275-6257
Trish@Franklinbehr.com
 
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