Wissahickon Boys Club

Wissahickon Boys Club is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 2001.

328 W Coulter St., Germantown, Philadelphia

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Founded by Germantown Quakers in 1885. This Club joined the national Boys Club Federation in 1906 - the first member to serve an African American population. Under president John T. Emlen & executive director William T. Coleman, it earned a reputation for outstanding service to youth. Club alumni include Bill Cosby, Herb Adderley. Renamed the Wissahickon Boys & Girls Club in 1981, it moved here from Coulter St. & Pulaski Ave. in 1985.

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Historical maps covering this location

1872 · Philadelphia County, City. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · The Matthews-Northrup up-to-date map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1901 · Philadelphia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1902 · Philadelphia and vicinity, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware / Henry Gannett, chief… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Philadelphia County, City, 1872, covering the location of Wissahickon Boys Club, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Philadelphia County, City, 1872, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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