Eliza Butler Kirkbride School

Eliza Butler Kirkbride School
Eliza Butler Kirkbride School, April 2010
Location 626 Dickinson St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°55′48″N 75°09′22″W / 39.9300°N 75.1562°WCoordinates: 39°55′48″N 75°09′22″W / 39.9300°N 75.1562°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1925-1926
Built by McCloskey & Co.
Architect Catharine, Irwin T.
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
Governing body Local
MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP Reference # 88002290[1]
Added to NRHP November 18, 1988

Eliza Butler Kirkbride School is a historic school building located in the Passyunk Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1925-1926. It is a four-story, five bay, yellow reinforced concrete building faced in brick and limestone in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features a projecting central entrance with floral and heraldic plaques, decorative panels, and a crenellated parapet.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ""National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Eliza Butler Kirkbride School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.