Murrell Dobbins Vocational School

Murrell Dobbins Career & Technical Education High School, also known as Murrell Dobbins Vocational High School, is a historic vocational school building located in the West Lehigh neighborhood of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1936–1937. It is a six- to seven-story, 14 bay, brick building in the Moderne-style. It has a one-story, stone front building. It features brick piers with terra cotta tops and the building has terra cotta trim.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.The school is the home of the Mustangs and the school colors are Flame and Steel. Murrell Dobbins offers seven CTE programs: Barbering, Business Education, Commercial & Advertising Arts, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Fashion Design and Plumbing. Dobbins athletics consist of Football, Cross-Country, Volleyball, Soccer, Basketball, Indoor Track, Bowling, Cheerleading, Badminton, Baseball, Softball and Outdoor Track.Notable alumni Hank Gathers, College Basketball Player Gregory "Bo" Kimble, NBA player. Dawn Staley, Head Coach of Women's Basketball at University of South Carolina, 3-Time Olympian Doug Overton, Retired professional basketball player and current head coach of the Springfield Armor of the NBA Development League. Jami M. Valentine, Ph.D., Physicist, first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Physics from Johns Hopkins University. Dobbins class of 1992. Joyce Craig-Lewis, first female Philadelphia firefighter to die in the line of duty Bobby Eli, Philly Soul guitarist, songwriter, producer, arranger. Founding member of MFSB.