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Fairmount's homes were generally smaller row or town houses and the residents were generally working class. Row houses were interspersed with lumber yards, coal yards, lime yards, iron foundries, bakeries, dry goods stores, as well as several wagon works and stables. Many of these were built in the
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and its new Perelman Annex). Fairmount is located at the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, a broad 1.5-mile tree- and flag-lined avenue that connects City Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This stretch is known as the “Museum District” since most of the city’s cultural attractions and
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A handful of European settlers farmed the area in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th century, when Fairmount was still outside Philadelphia's city limits. Prominent city families established country seats there as well, including Bush Hill, White Hall, and Lemon Hill, the last of which still stands
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at the foot of Fairmount Hill. Beginning in 1822, the Water Works used waterpower to pump water from the Schuylkill River into reservoirs on the top of Fairmount Hill, from where it flowed by gravity into city homes and businesses. An engineering wonder, it was also an architectural and scenic
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attraction. Its buildings, which included a restaurant, are among the earliest examples of Greek Revival architecture in the United States. Protection of the municipal drinking water that the Water Works pumped was the impetus for the purchase of lands along the Schuylkill that later became
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These three institutions were built when Fairmount was still a rural suburban district of Philadelphia. Beginning in the 1830s, the city itself began to grow beyond its original boundaries, and a mixture of homes and factories sprang up on the district's southern fringes. The
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second half of the 19th century to support factories and breweries in the area. Fairmount has many large houses built for the managers of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, other professionals, and brewery owners which date back to the 1840s.
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in Paris in its design and owing to its ability to hold vast numbers of people, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway is also where most of Philadelphia’s large outdoor events, parades, concerts, and races are held.
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Parents in the Fairmount neighborhood no longer have the opportunity to send children to the Albert M. Greenfield School, as the school no longer accepts applications from outside the catchment.
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Signs of urban expansion appeared in the early 19th century, when three large, innovative, and internationally recognized institutions were located in the district. The first of these was the
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intended to build his manor house. Later, the name was applied to the street originally called Hickory Lane that runs from the foot of Fairmount Hill through the heart of the neighborhood.
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altered Girard's will by striking the words "poor, male, white, orphan" and set a major precedent for equal access to education for all Americans.
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The name "Fairmount" derives from the prominent hill on which the Philadelphia Museum of Art now sits and where
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over the years, with newcomers to Philadelphia settling in the area for its proximity to Center City.
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listed the Water Works as one of the two things he particularly wanted to see while in Philadelphia.
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From the 11th floor deck of 2601 Pennsylvania Ave, Overlooking 26th and Aspen Streets intersection
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high school with about 100 students. It is located at 860 North 24th Street in Fairmount.
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Fairmount is divided between two attendance zones for Kindergarten through 8th grade:
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from attacking them from the north, the only side of the city not protected by water.
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The executor of Girard's estate was another prominent and wealthy Philadelphian,
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The population of Fairmount grew by 3% between the 1990 and 2000 censuses.
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The neighborhood Catholic elementary school is St. Francis Xavier School.
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In 1831, these two innovative institutions were joined by a third:
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operates the Fairmount Post Office at 900 North 19th Street.
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Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, United States
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For High School, Fairmount residents are assigned to the
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museums are located here. Along the Parkway are the
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Neighborhood of Philadelphia
From the 11th floor deck of 2601 Pennsylvania Ave, Overlooking 26th and Aspen Streets intersection
Fairmount is located in Philadelphia
39°58′17″N 75°10′46″W / 39.97139°N 75.17944°W / 39.97139; -75.17944
United States
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Area code(s)
215, 267, and 445
Lower North Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Spring Garden
Francisville
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Eastern State Penitentiary
William Penn
Gentrification in Philadelphia § Fairmont
Schuylkill River
Penn Township
Spring Garden District
incorporated
American Revolution
Delaware River
George Washington
Fairmount Dam and Water Works
Fairmount Park
Charles Dickens
Eastern State Penitentiary
Pennsylvania Model

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