David Wilmot School | |
Location: | 1734 Meadow Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates: | 40.0138°N -75.0808°W |
Built: | 1874 & 1908 |
Architect: | Lewis H. Esler |
Builder: | William Keas |
Architecture: | Italianate |
Added: | November 18, 1988 |
Refnum: | 88002289 |
The David Wilmot Public School For Coloured Children, also known as the J.C. King Educational Building, is located the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Built in 1874, it is a two-story, four-bay, stone building in the Italianate-design presumably of Lewis H. Esler (1819-1883), a prominent architect employed by the Philadelphia Board of Public Education. [1]
An addition was built in 1908. It features brownstone sills and arches and a gable over the entrance opening.[2] It was named for U.S. political figure and abolitionist, David Wilmot (1814–1868).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.