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James Dobson Elementary School

1930 establishments in PennsylvaniaGothic Revival architecture in PennsylvaniaNorthwest PhiladelphiaPublic K–8 schools in PhiladelphiaSchool District of Philadelphia
School buildings completed in 1930School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
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The James Dobson Elementary School is an historic American elementary school that is located in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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James Dobson Elementary School
Umbria Street, Philadelphia

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James Dobson Elementary School

Umbria Street 4667
19127 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, United States
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St. David's Church, Manayunk

St. David's Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Wissahickon Deanery of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. In 1960, the parish reported 621 members; it reported 37 members in 2019. English-born mill-workers were heavily represented in its early population, while mill owners were successive wardens, vestrymen, and treasurers. The first church building designed by architect John Notman was completed in 1835 and destroyed by fire on December 23, 1879. The first rector was the Rev. Frederick Freeman, who served from 1835 to 1839. The current brownstone building was consecrated on December 26, 1881 by Bishop William Bacon Stevens after the laying of its cornerstone by the same bishop on May 15, 1880. It was inscribed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on March 8, 2019. The sanctuary is designed for ad orientem liturgical celebration, which has been practiced practiced occasionally since the 1970s. The high altar was designed by the studio of English Gothic revival architect George Frederick Bodley and completed by the firm of Cram and Ferguson Architects. It was dedicated and blessed on October 31, 1919 by Bishop Philip M. Rhinelander in memory of Orlando Crease, warden of the parish for 56 years and Sunday school superintendent from 1853 to 1913. In 1886, the church installed a four-face tower clock by the E. Howard Watch and Clock Company with six-foot diameter faces striking on an E-flat bell and weighing 2,500 pounds. The clock-face is a popular Manayunk landmark and was the object of a 2007 restoration campaign. The parish had a separate chapel on Terrace Street in Manayunk until 1886. By 1889, St. David's had a surpliced male choir, indicating a somewhat High Church worship orientation. In 1919, the church abandoned pew-rents. St. David's was instrumental in the founding of at least three local daughter parishes through its Sunday schools: Church of St. Alban, Roxborough, St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Roxborough, and the former St. Stephen's, Wissahickon (demolished 1975).