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Kensington Branch of the Philadelphia YWCA

1911 establishments in PennsylvaniaBuildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in PhiladelphiaColonial Revival architecture in PennsylvaniaCultural infrastructure completed in 1916Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
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Kensington Branch of the Philadelphia YWCA is a historic YWCA building located in the Hugh neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1911 and expanded in 1916. It is a six-story, brick with terracotta trim building in the Colonial Revival style. The original three-story section was built as the Hoffman Memorial wing.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

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Kensington Branch of the Philadelphia YWCA
West Wishart Street, Philadelphia

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West Wishart Street 189
19133 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, United States
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St. Luke's Church, Kensington

St. Luke's Church, Kensington, was an Episcopal congregation in Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The parish was founded in 1904 as an outgrowth of the Episcopal Hospital Mission. The church – located at the northwest corner of East Huntingdon and B Streets at Kensington Avenue – was designed by Allen Evans of Furness & Evans, and completed in 1904. Its parish house, just north of the church, was designed by Furness & Evans, and completed in 1905. Description: "The new [parish house] building will cost $35,000, and is to be a two-story building constructed of Holmesburg granite. The first floor will be used for classes—the Sunday School numbers 1,500,—the second floor for the chapel and library, and a gymnasium will be located in the basement." The parish closed in 1987. St Luke's Church, Kensington, is an among the few surviving reminders of the mid to late 19th century English immigrant experience and community in Kensington and Philadelphia. Movement has been made to celebrate the colonial experience (i.e. Penn Treaty Park) and preserve the 19th century "new immigrant" experience (i.e. St. Laurentius Church, in Fishtown) in the greater Kensington area. Scholars often refer to this immigrant group as hidden and forgotten.[1] These immigrants, to outsiders, blended in and disappeared. However, as the property demonstrates, mid to late 19th century English immigrants, far from being hidden, built unique neighborhoods, cultural institutions, and worship sites.