Walnut Hill, Philadelphia

{{distinguish|Walnut Street (Philadelphia)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | background_color=    |image_skyline=Allison Mansion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.jpg |imagesize= |image_caption=Allison Mansion on the Walnut Hill College campus |image_flag= |name=Walnut Hill |settlement_type = [[List of Philadelphia neighborhoods|Neighborhood of Philadelphia]]   |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{USA}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]] |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] |subdivision_type3 = City |subdivision_name3 = [[Philadelphia]]  | mapsize = 300px | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Philadelphia | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{Coord|39.956|-75.219|format=dms|display=title}}  |postal_code_type= |postal_code= |area_codes=[[Area codes 215, 267, and 445|215, 267, and 445]] }} {{Portal|Philadelphia}}'''Walnut Hill''' is a neighborhood in the [[West Philadelphia]] section of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. It is located between 45th Street and 52nd Street, bounded by Market Street and Spruce Street. Most of the neighborhood is in the northwestern part of the [[University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|University City]] District. It is located north of the neighborhoods of [[Garden Court, Philadelphia|Garden Court]] and [[Spruce Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Spruce Hill]].

Walnut Hill is a racially mixed neighborhood with a large seasonal student population. Walnut Hill was largely built from the start of the 20th century through the 1940s, with a large growth spurt immediately following the construction of what is now the [[SEPTA]] [[Market-Frankford Line]]. The primarily residential neighborhood consists of two and three-story row homes, with several pre-war garden style apartments.

[[West Philadelphia High School]] is located in Walnut Hill and [[The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College]] is close by, if not technically within the boundaries of the neighborhood. In recent years, the Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation, in collaboration with the Walnut Hill Community Association, has made strides to spur development in the neighborhood.

The [[La Blanche Apartments]] and [[Henry C. Lea School of Practice]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

[[American Bandstand]] was first broadcast from the ABC studio at 46th and Market Streets (now the Enterprise Center).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiftiesweb.com/bandstnd.htm|title=Classic TV Shows - Dick Clark's American Bandstand- FiftiesWeb|website=fiftiesweb.com|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-date=6 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206101448/http://www.fiftiesweb.com/bandstnd.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Science fiction]] author [[Isaac Asimov]] lived at Wyngate Hall (now called The Terrace), a garden apartment building at 50th and Spruce, from 1942 to 1945, and wrote several of the stories that comprise ''[[I, Robot (novel)|I, Robot]]'' and the [[Foundation (Isaac Asimov novel)|Foundation series]] while living there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hiddencityphila.org/2014/07/sci-phi-isaac-asimovs-west-philly-years/|title=Sci-Phi: Isaac Asimov's West Philly Years - Hidden City Philadelphia|website=hiddencityphila.org|date=18 July 2014 |access-date=21 April 2018|archive-date=18 May 2016|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160518042200/http://hiddencityphila.org/2014/07/sci-phi-isaac-asimovs-west-philly-years/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Singer, actor and activist [[Paul Robeson]] lived with his sister at 50th and Walnut from 1968 until his death in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://paulrobesonhouse.org/|title=Paul Robeson House & Museum|website=Paul Robeson House & Museum|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-date=21 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421164807/https://www.paulrobesonhouse.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[mural]] at 45th and Chestnut commemorates Robeson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/04/09/paul-robeson-mural-restored-rededicated-on-activists-115th-birthday/|title=Paul Robeson Mural Restored, Rededicated on Activist's 115th Birthday|date=9 April 2013|website=cbslocal.com|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-date=22 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422132934/http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/04/09/paul-robeson-mural-restored-rededicated-on-activists-115th-birthday/|url-status=live}}</ref>

From the 1930s through the 1970s, the [[Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine]] (PCOM) was located at 48th and Spruce,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pcom.edu/General_Information/PCOM_History/pcom_history.php |title=PCOM - PCOM History |access-date=2014-08-15 |archive-date=2014-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084629/http://www.pcom.edu/General_Information/PCOM_History/pcom_history.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> their former building now houses the Emmanual Church, a Korean language Presbyterian congregation.

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==External links== * [http://westphillydata.library.upenn.edu/infoR_Neigh_WalnutHill.htm West Philadelphia Data and Information Resources] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231013644/http://westphillydata.library.upenn.edu/infoR_Neigh_WalnutHill.htm |date=2006-12-31 }} - University of Pennsylvania

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