Map of Philadelphia area placing West Philadelphia in context
West Philadelphia Community History Center

Faculty and Students at the University of Pennsylvania inaugurated this heritage site in the spring of 2008.
This virtual history center will be an ever-revised and expanded resource by and for members of the
West Philadelphia community, and especially for teachers and their students.

Click for the Home page for the West Philadelphia Community History CenterClick for historical summaries of West PhiladelphiaClick for descriptions and histories of West Philadelphia neighborhoodsClick for personal perspectives on West PhiladelphiaClick for special exhibitsClick for maps of West PhiladelphiaClick for statistics on West PhiladelphiaClick for a bibliography of resources for the study of West PhiladelphiaClick for teacher guides for studying West Philadelphia

 

SPRUCE HILL

 

Featured West Philadelphia Neighborhoods:

Overview

Cedar Park

Cobbs Creek

Mantua

Overbrook

Parkside

Powelton Village

Spruce Hill

Other neighborhood histories in progress

 

 
Map showing placement of the Spruce Hill neighborhood within West Philadelphia

WEST PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS:
Spruce Hill

Spruce Hill is located west of the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, bounded by Walnut Street on the north, Baltimore Avenue on the south, between 39th and 46th Streets.

Census Tract: 87


View Spruce Hill in a larger map

Histories

The Community of Spruce Hill by Gilly Lane (University of Pennsylvania undergraduate)
(available as a PDF file - 57 kb, 9 pages)

History of Spruce Hill by Lauren Pinsker (University of Pennsylvania undergraduate)
(available as a PDF file - 412 kb, 8 pages)

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