Fairhill

Fairhill is a neighborhood on the east side of the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Fairhill is located in an area between Kensington Avenue and 6th Street ranging from York Street to Gurney Street/Clearfield Street. The neighborhood serves as the center of the Hispanic community of Philadelphia known as "El Centro de Oro." Fairhill is adjacent to Harrowgate, Hartranft, Glenwood, and West Kensington. The area that is now the Fairhill neighborhood was at one time home to the Norris Family’s Fair Hill estate. It is also home to the Fair Hill Burial Ground, a cemetery that Quakers established in 1703. George Fox obtained the land for the cemetery from William Penn. The cemetery is on the National...