Fox Chase is the neighborhood in the Philadelphia Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The origin of the name is Fox Chase Inn, which opened in 1705.
This area developed with the construction of Fox Chase and Huntingdon Turnpikes in 1848. He also serves the rich who want to hunt foxes, so the name "Fox Chase."
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History
Fox Chase was originally part of Lower Dublin Township, also known as Dublin Township, a suspended municipality located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The municipality no longer exists and is incorporated into Philadelphia City following the passage of the Consolidation Act, 1854.
The elite of Philadelphia once flocked to luxury vacation homes built on the lush suburbs adjacent to the city. The character of the area changed with the arrival of trains in 1876. Many of the Philadelphia aristocracies began to discover the charms of life on the outskirts of the city, and built houses here, using trains for convenient transportation to the city.
Fox Chase is the setting for one of America's longest cold cases. In February 1957, the body of a battered child was found in a cardboard box in the woods outside Susquehanna Street. The investigator is confused and can never determine his identity. Dubbed the "Boy in the Box", "Unknown American Child", and sometimes "The Boy Boy of the Fox", the case remains open.
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Location and surrounding area
The Fox Chase section is located on the border with Montgomery County and there is an active and cooperative business community that crosses the county line to Rockledge and Huntingdon Valley.
One of the many parks located within Fox Chase is Pennypack Park. It consists of forests, grasslands and wetlands. The edge of Pennypack Creek flows through the park from Pine Road on Fox Chase to the Delaware River. The area also includes a playground, hiking and bike trails and bridle paths for horseback riding. The Pennypack Environmental Center at Verree Road is also located in the neighborhood.
Many historic structures are still intact throughout Fox Chase. The Verree House on Verree Road was the scene of an attack by British troops during the American Revolutionary War. The trained eye can rediscover the abandoned railroad values, the remnants of the initial mill, the factory race, and other reminders that human generations have gathered in the "Green Heart" in Northeast Philadelphia.
Fox Chase Farm is one of the few remaining active farms in Philadelphia County, and is used extensively by the School District of Philadelphia. It began in 1822 as a land grant from William Penn to Lord Stanley and then passed on to the McVeigh family for over 200 years. Later, the Wistar family expanded it into a self-sufficient agriculture to become a Farm Field owned by two farmers, Lorimer and Butler. Friends of Fox Chase Farm, a group of all volunteers, are now helping to preserve and preserve this pastoral treasure for present and future generations.
William Rhawn, president of the National Bank of the Republic in 1879, built his summer residence here. To design the project, he chose the architect Frank Furness, whose work is synonymous with luxury homes and public buildings from the Gilded Age. Estate state bankers including carriage houses and house keepers gatekeepers. He calls the real "Knowlton" because it resembles real estate in England from Rhawn's great-grandfather, John Knowles. Since then it has been converted into a catering company.
Ryerss Mansion is also located in Fox Chase. The house was built by the merchant Joseph Waln Ryerss in 1859 and dramatically overlooks Burholme Park, one of the highest sights in Philadelphia. This mansion is home to an immense and eccentric collection of artifacts and antiques from around the world, collected during the vast Ryerss family trip and exotic sojour, from Europe, to Africa, to the Far East.
Among the historic properties located in this neighborhood are:
- Knowlton Mansion, designed by Frank Furness; on the National Register of Historic Places
- Ryerss Mansion, home of Joseph Waln Ryerss; on the National Register of Historic Places
- The Verree House, a place of raids by British troops during the American Revolutionary War
Demographics
The median age was 36.6 years for men and 39.0 years for women. Married couples account for 40.3 percent of the population in the neighborhood. The environment was 80.37 Caucasians, 8.63 percent African Americans, 4.75 percent Asian, 2.58 percent of mixed race, 0.07 percent of Hawaiian Originals and 3.6 percent of other races.
The average household income for Fox Chase was $ 54,870 in 2011, compared to $ 34,207 for Philadelphia as a whole. The population below the poverty level at Fox Chase is 10 percent, compared with 28.4 percent for Philadelphia.
Business
Fox Chase's largest company is the internationally known Fox Chase Cancer Center, a unique facility that combines cancer research with cancer treatment. The researchers have won the Nobel Prize for their contribution.
Transportation
Public transport is provided by several SEPTA bus routes and the Fox Chase Line rail service stops near Rhawn Street and Oxford Avenue.
Education
Public library
The Philadelphia Chase Library Philadelphia Branch is located at 501 Rhawn St. on Jeanes Street.
School
Fox Chase Elementary School a.k.a. Fox Chase Academics Plus School is a public elementary school in the School District of Philadelphia. Located at 500 Rhawn St. near the library, he serves children with grades K through 5.
Students move to Baldi Middle School, and George Washington High School.
House of worship
- Fox Chase United Methodist Church is located at 201 Loney St. at the intersection of Filmore and Loney streets.
- St. The Roman Catholic Church Cecilia, 535 Rhawn St., also has schools with grades ranging from kindergarten to eighth grade. The "new" church opened in 1955 and the first church lies just west of the "new" church. Built underground in the hope of adding top levels, but the depression in 1929 and World War II caused this addition to be stopped until 1955.
- St. Stephen Orthodox Cathedral is located at 8598 Verree Road (next to Pennypack Park).
- Bethany Baptist Church, 460 Rhawn St., opens on Fox Chase since 1867.
Locations
Limitations of Fox Chase are:
- Northeast/East, Pennypack Creek (Bustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- West/Northwest, Filmore Street (Rockledge, Pennsylvania, and Abington, Pennsylvania)
- Southwest, Township Line Road (Cheltenham, Pennsylvania)
- South, Cottman Avenue (Lawncrest, Philadelphia, Cheltenham Township, and Elkins Park, Pennsylvania)
- East, Dungan Road (rawnhurst section of Philadelphia)
See also
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Knowlton Mansion
References
External links
- Fox Chase Facebook Group
- Fox Chase Homeowners Association
- Fox Chase Football Club
- Fox Chase Elementary School
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- Fox-Skirt Athletic Association
- Prime Meat Rieker
- Historical photos of Fox Chase, Philly History.org
- St. Funeral of Ukraine Mary/438 Cedar Road, Fox Chase, Pennsylvania.
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