James R. Ludlow School

Coordinates: 39°58′21″N 75°08′45″W / 39.9725°N 75.1459°W / 39.9725; -75.1459
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James R. Ludlow School
James R. Ludlow School, August 2010
James R. Ludlow School is located in Philadelphia
James R. Ludlow School
James R. Ludlow School is located in Pennsylvania
James R. Ludlow School
James R. Ludlow School is located in the United States
James R. Ludlow School
Location1323-1345 N. 6th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°58′21″N 75°08′45″W / 39.9725°N 75.1459°W / 39.9725; -75.1459
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1926-1927
ArchitectCatharine, Irwin T.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPSPhiladelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.88002296[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1988

James R. Ludlow School is a historic school building located in the Yorktown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Irwin T. Catharine (1883-1944) and built in 1926-1927. It is a three-story brick building, nine bays wide with projecting end bays in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features a one-story, stone entrance pavilion with a Tudor-arched opening.[2] It was named for the Hon. James R. Ludlow (1825-1886).[3]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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 1985). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: James R. Ludlow School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  3. ^ Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, "James R. Ludlow," by Richard Vaux, January 7, 1887, p. 19-23