Spruce Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chestnut Street Baptist Church and Ternacle Baptist Church. (4017 Chestnut Street) Recently purchased by West Park Church of Deliverance.

Spruce Hill is a neighborhood located in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located between 40th and 46th streets, and it stretches from Market Street south to Woodland Avenue. It has a population of over 16,000. It was built as a streetcar suburb^[1] for Center City between 1850 and 1910. It is a racially and ethnically diverse part of the city, where much historic architecture is preserved.

Spruce Hill is considered to be within the boundaries of University City.

Dickens Statue in Clark Park

A statue of Charles Dickens, cast in 1891 by Francis Edwin Elwell, is located in the neighborhood's Clark Park; it is the world's only life-size bronze of the author.^[2]

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See also

• University of Pennsylvania
• Saint Mary's Church, Hamilton Village

References

External links

• Spruce Hill Historic District
• Spruce Hill Community Association
• West Philadelphia Data and Information Resources - University of Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 39°57′14″N 75°12′36″W / 39.954°N 75.210°W / 39.954; -75.210

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