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Overbrook Elementary School

Coordinates: 39°58′55″N 75°14′44″W / 39.9819°N 75.2456°W / 39.9819; -75.2456
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Overbrook School
Overbrook School, June 2010
Overbrook Elementary School is located in Philadelphia
Overbrook Elementary School
Overbrook Elementary School is located in Pennsylvania
Overbrook Elementary School
Overbrook Elementary School is located in the United States
Overbrook Elementary School
Location6201-6231 Lebanon Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°58′55″N 75°14′44″W / 39.9819°N 75.2456°W / 39.9819; -75.2456
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1905–1907
Built bySmith, William J.
ArchitectTitus, Lloyd; Richards, Henry deCourcy
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSPhiladelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.88002304[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1988

Overbrook School is a historic school building located in the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1905–1907, and is a two-story, nine bay, brick building faced with granite in the Colonial Revival-style. It sits on a raised basement. An eight bay addition designed by Henry deCourcy Richards was built in 1913–1914. It features a sightly projecting front gable.[2]

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 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Overbrook School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.