Six freestone Doric columns, 17 feet (5 meters) tall, support the entablature and pediment.

The sides were derived from the north wing of the Propylaia on the Acropolis of Athens.

The building site was funded by Quaker merchant Jon McKim who funded a trust for poor students managed by his son Isaac after his death in 1819.

[3] McKim's School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

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