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Elkins Park is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is split between Cheltenham and Abington Townships in the suburbs of Philadelphia, which it borders along Cheltenham Avenue roughly 6 miles (9.7 km) from downtown. An affluent community, it is the home of Lynnewood Hall, a 110-room, derelict Gilded Age mansion.

Points of interest

• Beth Sholom Synagogue, the only synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
• Elkins Estate, former family summer home of Pennsylvania Railroad Company magnate William L. Elkins.
• High School Park, an 11-acre park with four distinct ecosystems, was the original grounds of Cheltenham High School and became a township park in 1996 after the building burned down
• Lynnewood Hall, a 110-room, derelict Gilded Age mansion
• St. Paul's Episcopal Church, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982
• Richard Wall House, a house listed on State and National Registers of Historic Places, had the distinction of being the oldest Pennsylvania house in continuous residence until rehabilitation work began

Government

Elkins Park is split between Cheltenham and Abington Townships in the suburbs of Philadelphia. It is represented by Madeleine Dean in Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district.

Schools

The portion in Cheltenham Township is zoned to Cheltenham Township School District.

• Myers Elementary School
• Elkins Park Middle School

The portion in Abington Township is zoned to Abington School District.

• McKinley Elementary School

• Lynnwood Elementary School (now closed and converted into an administrative building); served as an elementary school from February 1951 through 1977

Private:

• Perelman Jewish Day School
• Robert Saligman Middle School (closed in 2012)
• St. James Catholic School (shut down)

Tertiary:

• Gratz College
• Salus University
• The former campus of the Tyler School of Art, the art school of Temple University
• Settlement Music School

Transportation

Public transportation

Elkins Park is served by SEPTA Regional Rail trains on the Warminster Line, West Trenton Line and Lansdale/Doylestown Line at the Elkins Park station.