Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Ogontz, Shoemakertown^[1]
Unincorporated community Neighborhood of Cheltenham Township
A collage of various places in Elkins Park From top, clockwise, Wall House, Cheltenham Twinning Fingerpost, Cheltenham EMS Building, Cheltenham Township Municipal Building, Township Police Headquarters sign on Old York Road, Beth Shalom Synagogue
Nickname: EP

Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Montgomery
Townships	Abington, Cheltenham

Elevation	157 ft (47.9 m)
Coordinates	40°04′37″N 75°07′37″W / 40.07694°N 75.12694°W / 40.07694; -75.12694Coordinates: 40°04′37″N 75°07′37″W / 40.07694°N 75.12694°W / 40.07694; -75.12694

Commissioners	Harvey Portner (West) Morton J. Simon, Jr. (Central) Kathy A. Hampton (West)

Timezone	Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)
- summer (DST)	Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
ZIP Code	19027
Area code	215 and 267

Location of Elkins Park in Pennsylvania
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States

Elkins Park is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is split between Cheltenham and Abington Townships in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Elkins Park is represented by Brendan F. Boyle in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. It borders the City of Philadelphia along Cheltenham Avenue, and is roughly 6 miles (9.7 km) from Center City, Philadelphia. Elkins Park is a close-in suburb of Philadelphia.

Points of interest

Congregation Adath Jeshurun, a founding member of the United Synagogue of America
Beth Sholom Synagogue, the only synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Lynnewood Hall, a 110-room, derelict Gilded Age mansion
Elkins Estate
Richard Wall House, a house is listed on State and National Registers of Historic Places; had the distinction of being the oldest Pennsylvania house in continuous residence until rehabilitation work began
High School Park, an 11-acre park with four distinct ecosystems; was the original grounds of Cheltenham High School and became a township park in 1996 after the building burned down
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982^[2]
Creekside Co-op, a cooperative member-owned food market

Schools

Elkins Park Middle School
McKinley Elementary School
Myers Elementary School
Lynnwood Elementary School (now closed and converted into an administrative building); served as an elementary school from February 1951 through 1977
Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Perelman Jewish Day School
Robert Saligman Middle School (closed in 2012)
Settlement Music School
St. James Catholic School (shut down)
Gratz College
Salus University
The former campus of the Tyler School of Art, the art school of Temple University

Transportation

Public transportation

Elkins Park is served by SEPTA Regional Rail trains on the Warminster Line, West Trenton Line and Lansdale/Doylestown Line at the Elkins Park station. The Jenkintown and Melrose Park stations are also found near the neighborhood of Elkins Park, and are served by the same regional rail lines. The Ryers station is also nearby on the Fox Chase Line.

SEPTA bus routes 28, 55, 70 and 77 also provide service to Elkins Park.

Road

Toward the western end of Elkins Park is Pennsylvania Route 611 (Old York Road). In Elkins Park, Pennsylvania Route 73 runs along Township Line Road, mostly marking the border between Cheltenham and Abington townships.

Locale

Fox Chase, Philadelphia

Elkins Park

Melrose Park

East Oak Lane, Philadelphia

Cheltenham

Prominent current or former residents

Bill Cosby, actor and comedian
Douglas Feith, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Marvin Harrison, NFL wide-receiver for the Indianapolis Colts
Lil Dicky, rapper and comedian
Mark Levin, radio talk show host
Edgar Lee Masters, poet; spent his final years in Elkins Park
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel
Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli war hero
Ralph J. Roberts, co-founder of Comcast; father of current Comcast chief executive officer, Brian L. Roberts
Jeffrey Solow, classical cellist and academic
Peter A. B. Widener, head of a wealthy and historically prominent family
Harry Elkins Widener, grandson of Peter A. B. Widener and namesake of Widener Library at Harvard University; born in Elkins Park and died on the RMS Titanic
Eleanor Elkins Widener, founder of Widener Library to honor her son
William Lukens Elkins, oil and transport magnate
William McIntire Elkins, rare book collector

In popular culture

In the AMC period drama television series Mad Men, the character Betty Draper was raised in the "tiny Philadelphia suburb of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania". During the show's second season, Betty's father has a series of strokes, and is taken to "Elkins Park Hospital" in the script. This would have actually been the former Rolling Hill Hospital, which opened in 1953, and is now known as Mossrehab and Einstein at Elkins Park, part of the Einstein Healthcare Network.

References

↑ "Elkins Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 22, 2008.
↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

George, John (November 10, 2003). "Einstein Rehabs Hospital". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved December 31, 2015.

External links

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Abington Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Communities	Abington Ardsley Crestmont Elkins Park Glenside Hollywood Huntingdon Valley McKinley Meadowbrook Noble North Hills Roslyn Roychester Rydal Willow Grove

Railroad stations	Ardsley Crestmont Meadowbrook Noble Roslyn Rydal Walnut Hill

Education	Abington Friends School Abington School District Abington Senior High School Penn State Abington

Attractions	Abington Art Center Briar Bush Nature Center Keswick Theatre Willow Grove Park Mall

Hospitals	Abington Hospital–Jefferson Health Holy Redeemer Hospital

History	Abington School District v. Schempp Willow Grove Park

Parks	Lorimer Park

Township of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania

Founded 1682

Communities	Arcadia University Ashmead Village Cedarbrook Cheltenham Edge Hill Elkins Park Glenside La Mott Laverock Melrose Park Wyncote

Education	Ancillae Assumpta Academy Arcadia University Bishop McDevitt High School Cedarbrook Middle School Cheltenham High School Cheltenham Township School District Delaware Valley Minority Student Achievement Consortium Gratz College Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Salus University Tyler School of Art Westminster Theological Seminary

National Historic Sites	Beth Sholom Synagogue Camp William Penn Camptown Historic District Curtis Hall Arboretum Elkins Railroad Station George K. Heller School Glenside Memorial Hall Grey Towers Castle Henry West Breyer Sr. House Milmoral Rowland House St. Paul's Episcopal Church Wall House Wyncote Historic District

Famous People	Reggie Jackson Lucretia Mott Benjamin Netanyahu Ezra Pound Wallace Triplett

See also	Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district Elkins Estate Lynnewood Hall Cheltenham Square Mall Newgrounds Tookany Creek Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Cheltenham Curtis Publishing Company Einstein Medical Center Oak Lane Day School

Historical Railroads	SEPTA Route 6 North Pennsylvania Railroad Reading Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad

Regional Rail Lines	Main Line Airport Line Fox Chase Lansdale/Doylestown Warminster West Trenton

Regional Rail Stations	Jenkintown-Wyncote Glenside Elkins Park Melrose Park Cheltenham

SEPTA Bus Routes	6 16 18 22 24 28 55 57 70 77 80 H XH Former: C

Infrastructure	Cheltenham Township Police Department

Philadelphia Delaware Valley Pennsylvania

Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Norristown

Boroughs	Ambler Bridgeport Bryn Athyn Collegeville Conshohocken East Greenville Green Lane Hatboro Hatfield Jenkintown Lansdale Narberth Norristown North Wales Pennsburg Pottstown Red Hill Rockledge Royersford Schwenksville Souderton Telford‡ Trappe West Conshohocken

Townships	Abington Cheltenham Douglass East Norriton Franconia Hatfield Horsham Limerick Lower Frederick Lower Gwynedd Lower Merion Lower Moreland Lower Pottsgrove Lower Providence Lower Salford Marlborough Montgomery New Hanover Perkiomen Plymouth Salford Skippack Springfield Towamencin Upper Dublin Upper Frederick Upper Gwynedd Upper Hanover Upper Merion Upper Moreland Upper Pottsgrove Upper Providence Upper Salford West Norriton West Pottsgrove Whitemarsh Whitpain Worcester

CDPs	Arcadia University Ardmore‡ Audubon Blue Bell Bryn Mawr Eagleville Evansburg Flourtown Fort Washington Gilbertsville Glenside Halfway House Harleysville Haverford College‡ Horsham King of Prussia Kulpsville Maple Glen Montgomeryville Oreland Penn Wynne Plymouth Meeting Pottsgrove Sanatoga Skippack Spring House Spring Mount Stowe Trooper Willow Grove Woxall Wyncote Wyndmoor

Unincorporated communities	Arcola Ardsley Ashmead Village Bala Cynwyd Barren Hill Belmont Hills Bethayres Camp Hill Cedarbrook Cedars Center Point Center Square Chapel‡ Colmar Congo Creamery Crestmont Cheltenham Dresher Earlington Edge Hill Elkins Park Erdenheim Eureka‡ Fairview Village Fitzwatertown Franconia Frederick Geryville‡ Gladwyne Graterford Gulph Mills Gwynedd Gwynedd Valley Haverford‡ Hollywood Huntingdon Valley Jarrettown Lafayette Hill La Mott Laverock Layfield Lederach Line Lexington‡ Linfield Mainland Meadowbrook Melrose Park Merion Mingo Miquon Mont Clare Montgomery Square New Hanover Square Noble North Hills Oaks Obelisk Palm Penn Valley Perkiomenville Port Indian Port Providence Prospectville Rahns Rosemont‡ Roslyn Roychester Rydal Salford Salfordville Sassamansville Spring Mill Sumneytown Swedeland Three Tuns Tylersport Unionville‡ Villanova‡ Wayne‡ West Point Worcester Wynnewood‡ Yerkes Zieglersville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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