Assumption BVM R.C. Church (Former) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Pennsylvania /
Tioga /
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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/ Tioga
abandoned / shut down
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Founded in 1848, Designed by famed church architect Charles Patrick Keely. Vacant since 1992 when the parish was closed by the Archdiocese. Later purchased by HIV/AIDS charity Siloam, whose attempts to demolish the historic church building in 2010 were foiled by widespread neighborhood outcry. Later sold to developer John Wei, under whose ownership the church continues to deteriorate, its future uncertain
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Coordinates: 39°57'43"N 75°9'25"W
- PRR Bustleton Branch (Abandoned) 14 km
- Reading Plymouth Branch (Abandoned) 22 km
- Reading Chester Valley Branch (Abandoned) 47 km
- PRR Philadelphia & Thorndale Low-Grade Freight Bypass (Abandoned) 51 km
- Reading Railroad - Wilmington Northern Branch (Partially Abandoned) 70 km
- Reading / SEPTA Bethlehem Branch (Partially Abandoned) 75 km
- Crane Jct to Catasauqua - Lehigh & New England Railroad (Abandoned) 87 km
- PRR Belvidere-Delaware Branch (Mostly Abandoned) 95 km
- DL&W (NJ Transit) Lackawanna Cut-Off (Abandoned/Under Construction) 114 km
- PRR Schuylkill Branch (Mostly Abandoned) 120 km
- Callowhill Loft District 0.3 km
- Poplar 0.5 km
- Francisville 1.1 km
- Spring Garden 1.1 km
- Northern Liberties 1.3 km
- North Philadelphia 2 km
- Sharswood 2.1 km
- Cecil B. Moore 2.1 km
- Temple University 2.1 km
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 33 km