Vare-Washington School
Vare-Washington School, is a K-8 school in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. It occupies the former George Washington School building in the Dickinson Narrows neighborhood, in proximity to Southwark.- Type: School building
- Description: National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “George Washington Elementary School”, “George Washington School”, “Vare-Washington Elementary School”, and “Washington Elementary School”
- Address: 1114 South 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Independence Hall and St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia).
Independence Hall
Museum
Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Founding Fathers of the United States. Independence Hall is situated 1 mile north of Vare-Washington School.
St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)
Church
St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia) is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Vare-Washington School.
Eliza Butler Kirkbride School
Historic building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pennsport and Little Saigon.
Pennsport
Neighborhood
Little Saigon
Neighborhood
One of the largest Vietnamese neighborhoods in the United States is Philadelphia's Little Saigon, located in Passyunk Square, a neighborhood in South Philadelphia.
Passyunk Square
Neighborhood
Passyunk Square is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia bounded by Broad Street to the west, 6th Street to the east, Tasker Street to the south and Washington Avenue to the north.
Vare-Washington School
Latitude
39.93389° or 39° 56′ 2″ north
Longitude
-75.15295° or 75° 9′ 11″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Height
90 feet (27 metres)
Open location code
87F6WRMW+HR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=school
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=building
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In Other Languages
“Vare-Washington School” goes by many names.
- French: “George Washington School”
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