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Historic Germantown Attractions
ACES Museum
The ACES Museum, located in the heart of Historic Germantown, is home to Parker Hall, an unofficial USO and entertainment venue for Black soldiers during World War II. Today, the museum honors the sacrifice of minority veterans through exhibits and educational programming with a special community emphasis.
Address: 5801 Germantown Avenue
Phone: 215-842-3742
Website: www.acesmuseum.org
Hours: Open by appointment
Awbury Arboretum
Awbury Arboretum is a 55-acre site, originally the private estate of the Cope-Haines family, wealthy Quaker shipping merchants. Located in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Awbury is a green oasis in a densely populated area. Since 1984, the Awbury Arboretum Association has connected the urban community with nature and history.
Address: The Francis Cope House, One Awbury Road
Phone: 215-849-2855
Website: www.awbury.org
Hours: Grounds are open free to the public, sunrise to sunset.
Tours and school programs are available for a fee.
Cliveden of the National Trust
Cliveden, built in 1767 built for the Chew family, was the site of the Battle of Germantown, Washington's attempt to liberate Philadelphia in 1777. Its collection of decorative art is world-renowned. Today Cliveden serves as a community resource, home to concerts, festivals, and a resource in the preservation of Germantown.
Address: 6401 Germantown Ave.
Phone: 215-848-1777
Website: www.cliveden.org
Hours: Guided tours April - December: Thursday-Sunday Noon-4:00 p.m.
Open by appointment outside of stated hours.
Concord School
The Concord Schoolhouse, Germantown's first English-language school, was a school from 1775 until 1892, supported by a fund allowing any family that could afford the fee to enroll children, including African-American families who rented the school house in the 1850s. Revolutionary War soldiers lie buried in the Upper Burying Ground.
Address: 6309 Germantown Ave.
Phone: 215-844-1683
Hours: Open by appointment
Deshler-Morris House
The Germantown White House (Deshler-Morris) served as a temporary refuge from the 1793 Yellow Fever epidemic for President George Washington and his cabinet. The First Family returned here the following summer to enjoy the pleasant country surroundings. This National Park Service site interprets President Washington's household, including the enslaved African American servants.
Address: 143 South 3rd Street
Phone: 215.597.7130
Website: www.nps.gov/demo
Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 12pm - 4pm (April - mid December)
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
The Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion is Philadelphia's only authentically restored Victorian house museum and garden. Upon entering the museum, visitors step back in time to discover a living record of the comforts and tastes of the rising middle class in an era when gas lighting, grained woodwork and stenciled ceiling decorations were emblems of social standing.
Address: 200 West Tulpehocken Street
Phone: 215-438-1861
Website: www.ebenezermaxwellmansion.org
Hours: Open April - December, Thursday and Saturday: Noon - 4:00 p.m.
Beginning January 4, 2010 through April 1, 2010, the Mansion will be open on Thursdays and Fridays from Noon to 4 p.m. for tours. The last tour to begin at 3:15. During inclement weather call the Mansion for availability.
Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust
Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust is a 1770 meetinghouse housing the table where the first protest against slavery in America was signed. The Historic Meetinghouse stands as a witness to those who for the sake of religion and conscience have followed this Mennonite path leading to North America.
Address: 6133 Germantown Avenue
Phone: 215-843-0943
Website: http://germantownmht.mennonite.net/
Hours: Open by appointment
Germantown Historical Society
Germantown Historical Society ensures that the history, artifacts and publications related to the Germantown section of Philadelphia are collected and interpreted for visitors and researchers. The Society has important furniture, costumes, quilts, art and toys and a library and archive that is the most comprehensive collection on Germantown in the world.
Address: 5501 Germantown Avenue
Phone: 215-844-0514
Website: germantownhistory.org
Hours: Offices open 9-4pm daily
Museum & Library hours: Tuesdays 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.,
Thursdays 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., Sundays 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Open by appointment outside of stated hours
Grumblethorpe
At Grumblethorpe, the blood of a Revolutionary War general stains the parlor floor & the grandmother of gingko trees in America grows in a two-acre garden. Built in 1744 by merchant John Wister, this Colonial German homestead operates a summer farmers market stocked with produce grown through Grumblethorpe school programs.
Address: 5267 Germantown Avenue
Phone: 215-880-8620 and 215-843-4820
Website: www.philalandmarks.org
Hours: Open by appointment
Historic RittenhouseTown
Historic RittenhouseTown, a National Historic Landmark District located in Fairmount Park, is the site of British North America's first paper mill built by the Rittenhouse family in 1690. Eight generations produced paper and textiles and ground grain. Six of the original 45 buildings survive including the 1707 Homestead and ca. 1725 Bake House.
Address: 206 Lincoln Drive
Phone: 215-438-5711
Website: www.rittenhousetown.org
Hours: June - September on Saturday and Sunday: Noon - 4:00 p.m.
Open by appointment outside of stated hours
Hood Cemetery
The Hood Cemetery is one of Germantown's oldest historic sites, located on land set aside in 1692. It is estimated that more than 1000 persons are buried within its two acres, including many of the earliest settlers of Germantown.
Address: 4901 Germantown Avenue
Phone: 215-844-1683
Website: www.hoodcemetery.org
Hours: Currently open 4th of July, and 2nd Sunday of month,
May- Oct., 2 – 4PM
Johnson House
The Johnson House, built in 1768, was home to three generations of abolitionist Quakers. In the 1850s, the house harbored runaway slaves as a stop on the Underground Railroad. Located on the northern edge of historic Germantown, the Johnson House is one of the few remaining Underground Railroad Stations in Philadelphia open to the public.
Address: 6306 Germantown Avenue
Phone: 215-438-1768
Website: Johnsonhouse.org
Hours: Thursday and Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; Saturday: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Open by appointment outside of stated hours
La Salle Art Museum
La Salle University Art Museum houses over 4,000 objects and provides a survey of Western art from the fifteenth century to the present. Smaller collections of Japanese prints, Indian miniatures, Pre-Colombian ceramics and African sculpture.
Address: 1900 W. Olney Avenue
Phone: 215-951-1221
Website: www.lasalle.edu/museum/
Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; Sunday 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Open by appointment outside of stated hours
Stenton
Stenton is the c.1730 country house of William Penn's Secretary, James Logan; one of the central figures in colonial Pennsylvania history. It is one of the best preserved and most believable historic houses in Philadelphia. Through the story of Logan, Stenton interprets life in the early 18th century.
Address: 4601 North 18th Street
Phone: 215-329-7312
Website: www.stenton.org
Hours: April - December, Tuesday - Saturday: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Open by appointment outside of stated hours
Wyck
Wyck is a 2 ½ -acre urban oasis at the southwest corner of Germantown Avenue and Walnut Lane, which includes a historic house, rose garden, small farm and lawn. By experiencing Wyck, visitors explore the lives, interests, habits and curiosities of the Quaker family who owned the property from 1689-1973.
Address: 6026 Germantown Avenue at Walnut Lane
Phone: 215-848-1690
Website: www.wyck.org
Hours: April - December
Tuesday and Thursday: Noon - 4:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Open by appointment outside of stated hours
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