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St. Clement's Parish House Anchor

St. Clement's Parish House Anchor
Horace Wells Sellers (Architect), 1906
* symbol of and reference to the martyrdom of Clement of Rome
* small anchor (symbol of St. Clement)
* There are some very small eroded figures under the anchor that look like they might have been symbols of the Gospel writers.
* Front wall. Parish House. Saint Clement's Church. South side of Cherry, West of 20th.
* 39.956550,-75.173230 [map] [nearby]
* On the JFK North tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the Parish House
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Horace Wells Sellers page
+wikipedia.org's Clement of Rome page
+s-clements.org