Torresdale, Philadelphia
Torresdale, also formerly known as Torrisdale, is a neighborhood in the Far Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.Torresdale is located along the Delaware River between Holmesburg and Bensalem Township in neighboring Bucks County.Torresdale, originally Torrisdale, was named by Charles Macalester for his family's ancestral Scotland home.In 2015, the Union League of Philadelphia undertook a complete restoration of the course and historic clubhouse, which drew significant national attention.The Frankford Avenue Bridge over Poquessing Creek is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Torrisdale (disambiguation)Neighborhood of PhiladelphiaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaPhiladelphia CountyPhiladelphiaArea code(s)215, 267 and 445Far NortheastDelaware RiverHolmesburgBensalem TownshipBucks CountyPoquessing CreekWilliam PennThomas HolmeCharles MacalesterAct of Consolidation, 1854Delaware TownshipLower Dublin TownshipRowing Association of American CollegesPhiladelphia Main LineAndalusiaGlen Foerd on the DelawareHoly Family UniversityNazareth Academy High SchoolDonald Rossgolf courseUnion League of PhiladelphiaFrankford Avenue Bridge over Poquessing CreekNational Register of Historic PlacesCamp Happy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)All Saints' Episcopal ChurchSchool District of PhiladelphiaAbraham Lincoln High SchoolGia CarangiBoake CarterFrancis Anthony DrexelKatharine DrexelMichael DriscollEdwin Henry FitlerRobert H. FoerdererVirginia KnauerWilliam J. Green, IIIWilliam J. Green Jr.Sections andNeighborhoodsCenter CityAvenue of the ArtsBroad StreetChinatownFitler SquareFranklin SquareJewelers' RowLogan SquareOld CityPenn's LandingRittenhouse SquareSociety HillSouth StreetWashington Square WestBella VistaCentral South PhiladelphiaDevil's PocketDickinson Square WestEast Passyunk CrossingFabric RowFDR ParkGirard EstateGrays FerryGreenwichHawthorneItalian MarketLittle SaigonLower MoyamensingMarconi PlazaMoyamensingNewboldPacker ParkPassyunk SquarePennsportPoint BreezeQueen VillageSouthwarkSouthwest Center CitySports ComplexWest PassyunkWhartonWhitmanWilson ParkSouthwestAngoraBartram VillageClearviewEastwickElmwood ParkHog IslandKingsessingMount MoriahPaschallSouthwest SchuylkillAvenue of TechnologyBelmont VillageCarroll ParkCathedral ParkCentennial DistrictCedar ParkCobbs CreekDunlapGarden CourtHaddingtonHaverford NorthMantuaMill CreekOverbrookOverbrook FarmsOverbrook ParkParksidePowelton VillageSaunders ParkSpruce HillSquirrel Hill30th Street StationUniversity CityWalnut HillWoodland TerraceWynnefield