Jacob C. White Jr.
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Gosffo
N 39° 56.640 W 075° 09.576
18S E 486365 N 4421553
His house is gone, but the lot is a playground!
Waymark Code: WM80Q4
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/04/2010
Views: 10
Marker Text: A Black educator who lived here, White was the principal of the Robert Vaux School for forty years. He was a founder of the city's first Black baseball club, the Pythians, and the first president of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital.
Marker Name: Jacob C. White Jr.
County: Philadelphia
Date Dedicated: 01/01/1991
Marker Type: City
Location: 1032 Lombard St., Philadelphia
Category: African American, Baseball, Education, Medicine & Science, Sports, Underground Railroad
Website: [Web Link]
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