<Tr> <Th> Added to NRHP </Th> <Td> December 4, 1986 </Td> </Tr> <P> Vare - Washington School, is a K - 8 school in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . 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 . </P> <P> The historic school building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1935 - 1937 . It is a three - story, brick and limestone building in the Art Deco / Moderne - style . It features ribbon windows, brick piers, and a projecting entrance with skyscraper - like details and rounded corners with decorative figures . The school was originally established to serve children of workers in the Philadelphia Navy Yard and had been in operation since the U.S. Civil War period . </P> <P> In 1985 Washington and one other school were the first two Philadelphia public schools to sign up for Education for Parenting, a program in which students are taught about parenting by observing real infants . </P>

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