Mary Disston School is a historic

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building located in the Tacony neighborhood of

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. It was built in 1900–1901, and is a two-story, three-bay, U-shaped stone building in the

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style. A rear addition was built in 1967. It features a recessed central entrance with columnaded porch, arched openings, and a balcony; a central Palladian window; and hipped roof. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

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in 1988. For a time the building was home to St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic Church. Tacony, Mary Disston School, North side of 4500 block of Longshore Avenue between Glenloch and Ditman Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA HABS PA-6692-F-1.tif TACONY DISSTON COMMUNITY DEV. HISTORIC DISTRICT, NORTHEAST PHILA., PA.jpg, School in 2016

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