David Landreth School
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David Landreth School, May 2010 | |
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| Location | 1201 S. Twenty-third St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°56′15″N 75°10′54″W / 39.93750°N 75.18167°WCoordinates: 39°56′15″N 75°10′54″W / 39.93750°N 75.18167°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1889 |
| Built by | McCaul, Charles |
| Architect | Anshutz, Joseph W. |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| Governing body | Local |
| MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 86003299[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 4, 1986 |
David Landreth School is a historic school building located in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1889, and is a two-story, three bay, brick building with a stone foundation in the Gothic Revival-style. A three-story, nine bay yellow brick addition was built in 1928. It features a large corbelled brick cornice, sandstone sills and lintels, and three large brick chimneys with corbelled caps.[2] It was named after the founder of the D. Landreth Seed Company.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ ""National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes B. Mintz (July 1986). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: David Landreth School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.
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