Torresdale | |
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 The Frankford Avenue bridge over the Poquessing Creek bordering Torresdale | |
  Torresdale | |
| Coordinates:40°03′N75°00′W / 40.05°N 75.0°W /40.05; -75.0 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Philadelphia County |
| City | Philadelphia |
| ZIP | 19114 |
| Area code(s) | 215, 267 and 445 |
Torresdale, also formerly known as Torrisdale, is a neighborhood in theFar Northeast section ofPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, United States. Torresdale is located along theDelaware River betweenHolmesburg andBensalem Township in neighboringBucks County.
The adjacent confluence of thePoquessing Creek with theDelaware River had been favored byWilliam Penn's surveyor,Thomas Holme, as the site for the city that Penn planned to found. Although a more southerly site was finally selected, Holme and others acquired property there, where he is buried.
Torresdale, originally Torrisdale, was named byCharles Macalester for his family's ancestral Scotland home.[1]
Before theAct of Consolidation, 1854, Torresdale had been part ofDelaware Township ofPhiladelphia County, and before 1853, part ofLower Dublin Township of the same county.
In 1894, Torresdale was the site of the regatta of theRowing Association of American Colleges.[2]
Long before the existence of what is referred to today as thePhiladelphia Main Line, Torresdale, along with Holmesburg to its south andAndalusia to its north, had been Philadelphia's posh suburban neighborhood, as evidenced byGlen Foerd on the Delaware, a luxurious riverside estate andAndalusia, the Biddle estate, for which the village of Andalusia is named.
Torresdale is the site ofHoly Family University andNazareth Academy High School.
The Union League Golf Club at Torresdale, aDonald Ross–designedgolf course, located at Frankford and Grant Avenues, is one of the finest golf courses in the Philadelphia region. In 2015, theUnion League of Philadelphia undertook a complete restoration of the course and historic clubhouse, which drew significant national attention.
TheFrankford Avenue Bridge over Poquessing Creek is listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.
Camp Happy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) a camp for underprivileged children open from 1920-1951.
All Saints' Episcopal Church was established in 1772.
Eden Hall Chapel, built in 1849 as part of the former Convent of the Sacred Heart, was demolished in 2007.
The municipal Baxter Water Treatment Plant opened in 1909 as the Torresdale Water Treatment Plant.
Glen Foerd on the Delaware is a historic estate established in 1850, listed on theNational Register of Historic Places and the Historic American Landscapes.
Residents are zoned to schools in theSchool District of Philadelphia, including Thomas Holme Elementary School,[3] Austin Meehan Middle School,[4] andAbraham Lincoln High School.[5]
