the 1909 Mueller map identifies the church and surrounding complex as the Convent of the Holy Child Jesus. The other building is the Sharon Hill School. Calcon Hook Road winds through the upper left. The entire site is now (2020) occupied by Academy Park High School and Sharon Hill Elementary School. The original school was demolished, and only one building of the convent complex remains. The Academy Park stop on what is now SEPTA's Wilmington Line shows up as a simple shed on the inbound side of the tracks. Thanks to Ted Xaras and Chuck Denlinger for identifying the location of this photograph.
View shows Folcroft School, facing on Elmwood Avenue at Primos Avenue, northeast corner. This is now (2020) the Folcroft Police Department and District Court.
Aerial view looking north of Har Zion Cemetery, foreground, fronting on MacDade Boulevard, and Mt. Lebanon Cemetery. St. Joseph's School on Woodlawn Avenue is three-story building with tower in right center of photo.
Thanks to Ryan J. Lynch for identifying this photograph, which shows the high school before the first addition was built in 1938. MacDade Boulevard runs across the top of the photo.
Thanks to Ryan J. Lynch for identifying the location of this photograph. The building in the photo stood from 1927 to 1965, when it was replaced by a new school. That building still stands, but the school was closed in 2005. A history of the church can be found at www.stgeorgeparish.org/about-our-parish .
The school is now (2020) known as Williamson College of the Trades. The campus includes several buildings designed by architect Frank Furness. See also P-18022.
The college was renamed Widener College on July 1, 1972, at which time the PMC Corps of Cadets was replaced by a civilian ROTC unit (according to the Chester Times, April 7, 1972, page 1).
