David Wilmot School | |
Location | 1734 Meadow Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°00′50″N 75°04′51″W / 40.0138°N 75.0808°W |
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 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. [2]
An addition was built in 1908. It features brownstone sills and arches and a gable over the entrance opening. [3] 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. [1]
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