# Ryers, Philadelphia

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Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, United States

Ryers Neighborhood of Philadelphia Ryers Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia City Philadelphia Area codes 215, 267 and 445

**Ryers** is a neighborhood in [Northeast Philadelphia](/source/Northeast_Philadelphia), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), United States. It is bounded by Cottman Avenue ([PA 73](/source/Pennsylvania_Route_73)) on the southwest and Fillmore Street on the northwest.[1] Both of these highways separate Philadelphia from [Cheltenham](/source/Cheltenham_Township%2C_Pennsylvania) and [Rockledge](/source/Rockledge%2C_Pennsylvania), [Montgomery County](/source/Montgomery_County%2C_Pennsylvania).

The [Fox Chase Line](/source/Fox_Chase_Line) separates Ryers from [Burholme](/source/Burholme) and [Fox Chase](/source/Fox_Chase%2C_Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania) borders it via Hartel St. on the northeast. [Ryers station](/source/Ryers_station) is at Cottman and Rockwell Avenues.

## History

The name Ryers was derived from the Ryerss Estate, which is located in [Burholme Park](/source/Burholme_Park) along Central Avenue.[2] The estate was owned by Joseph Waln Ryerss, who left it to his son Robert, a lawyer. Eight months before he died at the age of sixty-five, Robert Ryerss shocked Philadelphia society by marrying his housekeeper of many years, Mary Ann Reed. His will stipulated that upon Mary Ann’s death, the estate was to be turned over to the city of Philadelphia to be used as a park, library and museum "free to the public." Before she died, however, Mary Ann Ryerss remarried and then turned the property over to the city of Philadelphia in 1905. The Ryerss Museum and Library was opened to the public in 1910 under the administration of the [Fairmount Park](/source/Fairmount_Park) Commission.[3][4] Who later left it to the [Free Library of Philadelphia](/source/Free_Library_of_Philadelphia).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Philadelphia Neighborhoods"](https://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/otherinfo/pname3.htm). *www.phila.gov*. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Friends of Ryerss Museum and Library"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081119082507/http://www.ryerssmuseum.org/donation%20form.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.ryerssmuseum.org/donation%20form.pdf) (PDF) on 2008-11-19.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["history1"](http://ryerssmuseum.org/history1.html). *ryerssmuseum.org*. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Hidden City Philadelphia - Dossier/Ryerss"](http://hiddencityphila.org/2013festival/2013prospectivesites/dossierryerss/). *hiddencityphila.org*. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

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