Rosemont, Pennsylvania | |
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 The main building atRosemont College | |
  Rosemont Rosemont (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Coordinates:40°01′24″N75°19′51″W / 40.02333°N 75.33083°W /40.02333; -75.33083 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Delaware County (part) Montgomery (part) |
| Townships | Lower Merion (part) Radnor (part) |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.82 sq mi (2.13 km2) |
| • Land | 0.82 sq mi (2.13 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 341 ft (104 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,507 |
| • Density | 4,273.8/sq mi (1,650.13/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 19010 |
| Area code | 610 |
| FIPS code | 42-66144 |
Rosemont is a neighborhood andcensus-designated place inPennsylvania, United States. Partly inLower Merion Township inMontgomery County and partly inRadnor Township inDelaware County,[3] it is on thePhiladelphia Main Line. It is best known as the home ofRosemont College. It is the location of the 1894 gothic-revival Anglo-CatholicChurch of the Good Shepherd.
Rosemont is served by its ownstops on both thePaoli/Thorndale Line ofSEPTA Regional Rail and theNorristown High Speed Line.
The community ofGarrett Hill is in Radnor Township and in the Rosemont section.[citation needed]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 3,507 | — | |
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TheJoseph Sinnott Mansion was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1980.[5]
The neighborhood of "Beaupre" in Rosemont was once the 200-acre estate of the same name, built forAlexander Cassatt's son, Robert. The original mansion now is part of The Mansion at Rosemont, a senior living community that is part of the nonprofit organization Human Good. The original French iron gates flank entrances from Conestoga Road and South Ithan Avenue.
Pupils living in the Radnor Township portion of Rosemont attend schools inRadnor Township School District,[6] while students in the Lower Merion Township portion attend schools in theLower Merion School District.[7]
As of 2024[update] school zoning for the Lower Merion Township portion is as follows:[8] Gladwyne Elementary School,[9] Black Rock Middle School,[10] andHarriton High School.[11]
Until 1980, the Radnor Township, Delaware County portion of the community was served by Rosemont Elementary School, located in the Garret Hill neighborhood of the town. The Rosemont Business Campus now stands on the former elementary school site. Children in these neighborhoods are now bused to the Radnor Elementary School.
Holy Child School at Rosemont, formerly Rosemont School of the Holy Child, is aCatholic school in theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia and under the trusteeship of theSociety of the Holy Child Jesus, which is run by a lay administration. The school is adjacent toRosemont College, also founded by the same order.
TheAgnes Irwin School is located on Ithan Avenue in Rosemont. It is an all-girl, non-sectarian, day school for PreK-Grade 12 founded by MissAgnes Irwin and her sister Sofie.
The Roman Catholic Saint Thomas of Villanova Parish run by the Augustinian Order also ran a parochial school, which closed in the 1980s, adjacent to their Rosemont chapel and serving the Rosemont community.
Rosemont College is in Rosemont on Montgomery Avenue at Curwen Road.
Delaware County Community College covers the Delaware County portion.Montgomery County Community College covers the Montgomery County portion.
Rosemont is home to the following parks:
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