David Wilmot School | |
 David Wilmot School, September 2010 | |
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| Location | 1734 Meadow Street,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°00′50″N75°04′51″W / 40.0138°N 75.0808°W /40.0138; -75.0808 |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1874 & 1908 |
| Built by | William Keas |
| Architect | Lewis H. Esler |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002289[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
The David Wilmot Public School For Coloured Children, also known as the J.C. King Educational Building, is located theFrankford neighborhood ofPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania.Built in 1874, it is a two-story, four-bay, stone building in theItalianate-design presumably of Lewis H. Esler (1819-1883), a prominent architect employed by the Philadelphia Board of Public Education.[2]
An addition was built in 1908. It featuresbrownstone sills and arches and a gable over the entrance opening.[3] It was named for U.S. political figure andabolitionist,David Wilmot (1814–1868).
It was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
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