Hamilton Disston School
Hamilton Disston School | |
Location | 6801 Cottage St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°01′42″N 75°02′48″W / 40.0282°N 75.0468°W |
Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
Built | 1923–1924 |
Architect | Irwin T. Catharine |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002262[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
Hamilton Disston Elementary School is a historic K-8 school located in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1923–1924. It is a three-story, nine-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Colonial Revival style. It features a central projecting entrance pavilion, stone arched surrounds, and stone cornice and brick parapet.[2] The school is named after Hamilton Disston.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "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: Hamilton Disston School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.
External links
- Official website
- Hamilton Disston School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Categories:
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
- Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- School buildings completed in 1924
- Northeast Philadelphia
- Public K–8 schools in Philadelphia
- School District of Philadelphia
- Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs