Germantown, Philadelphia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Germantown,_Philadelphia

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:neighborhood
gptkbp:adjacentTo	gptkb:Chestnut_Hill gptkb:Mount_Airy gptkb:East_Falls gptkb:Nicetown-Tioga Logan Olney
gptkbp:areaCode	215 267 445
gptkbp:demographics	diverse population
gptkbp:founded	1683
gptkbp:foundedBy	German settlers
gptkbp:historicalEvent	gptkb:Germantown_Protest_against_Slavery_(1688) gptkb:Battle_of_Germantown_(1777)
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	early center of German-American culture home to many Underground Railroad sites site of Revolutionary War battle site of first American anti-slavery protest
gptkbp:historicDistrict	gptkb:Germantown_Historic_District
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Germantown, Philadelphia
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Pennsylvania gptkb:Philadelphia gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Germantown_Arts_Festival gptkb:Juneteenth_Parade_and_Festival gptkb:Revolutionary_Germantown_Festival
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Enon_Tabernacle_Baptist_Church gptkb:Germantown_Mennonite_Church gptkb:Greene_Street_Friends_School gptkb:Mastery_Charter_School_Pickett_Campus gptkb:Pennsylvania_School_for_the_Deaf gptkb:St._Luke's_Episcopal_Church gptkb:First_United_Methodist_Church_of_Germantown gptkb:Germantown_Friends_School gptkb:Germantown_High_School gptkb:St._Vincent_de_Paul_Church gptkb:St._Michael's_Lutheran_Church Germantown Academy (originally located here) La Salle University (nearby)
gptkbp:notableLandmark	gptkb:Germantown_Avenue gptkb:Germantown_White_House gptkb:Cliveden gptkb:Awbury_Arboretum gptkb:Germantown_Friends_School gptkb:Johnson_House gptkb:Vernon_Park gptkb:Wyck_House
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Bill_Cosby gptkb:David_Rittenhouse gptkb:Louisa_May_Alcott gptkb:Frances_Ellen_Watkins_Harper gptkb:James_Logan gptkb:Anna_Jarvis gptkb:John_Wister gptkb:Owen_Wister Martin Luther King Jr. (lived briefly)
gptkbp:publicTransit	gptkb:SEPTA_Bus gptkb:SEPTA_Regional_Rail
gptkbp:zipCode	19138 19144 19119
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Germantown
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4