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Saint Clement's Church (Philadelphia)

1859 establishments in Pennsylvania19th-century Episcopal church buildingsAnglo-Catholic church buildings in the United StatesChurches completed in 1859Churches in Philadelphia
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in PennsylvaniaEpiscopal churches in PennsylvaniaLogan Square, PhiladelphiaProperties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in PhiladelphiaReligious organizations established in 1859Relocated buildings and structures in PennsylvaniaRomanesque Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
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Saint Clement's Church is a historic Anglo-Catholic parish in Logan Square, Center City, Philadelphia. It is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. The church, designed by architect John Notman, was built in 1856. It originally incorporated a spire more than 200 feet (61 m) tall; this was found to be too heavy for the foundation and was removed in 1869. In 1929, the church building, which includes the parish house and rectory, and weighs 5000 tons, was lifted onto steel rollers and moved forty feet west to allow for the widening of 20th Street. On November 20, 1970, Saint Clement's Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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