Wissahickon Inn
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Gosffo
N 40° 03.728 W 075° 12.437
18T E 482322 N 4434673
I use to have a split personality! Am I a school or am I an Inn? Now I'm just a school!
Waymark Code: WM81R7
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2010
Views: 10
Marker Text: Opened May 30, 1884 by the industrialist Henry H. Houston as a 250-room summer resort hotel. The architects were G.W. and W.D. Hewitt. Since 1898 the Inn has served Chestnut Hill Academy (founded 1850) which acquired ownership, 1940.
Marker Name: Wissahickon Inn
County: Philadelphia
Date Dedicated: 06/14/1988
Marker Type: City
Location: Springfield Ave. in front of inn, Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia
Category: Buildings, Business & Industry, Education, Inns & Taverns
Website: [Web Link]
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