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Holy Child Parish School

Holy Child Parish School
George Ignatius Lovatt Sr. (Architect), 1909 (also possibly 1913 or 1915)
* symbol and statue of Jesus
* standing person, cross
* The Archdiocese website listing for the school says it opened in 1909. A catholicphilly.com article about a reunion at the school says it opened in 1913. The philadelphiabuildings.org page for the church mentions an addition to the original church building made in 1915. The same site's page for the school says c. 1928, but there's a picture of it on phillyhistory.org dated 1925.
* Over and under the roof. Just North of and connected to Our Lady of Hope Catholic Parish. West side of Broad, North of Duncannon.
* 40.032895,-75.146385 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's George Ignatius Lovatt Sr. page
+wikipedia.org's George I. Lovatt Sr. page
+wikipedia.org's Jesus page
+olhcatholic.org