Thomas Creighton School

Coordinates: 40°1′30″N 75°6′20″W / 40.02500°N 75.10556°W / 40.02500; -75.10556
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Thomas Creighton School
Thomas Creighton School, October 2010
Thomas Creighton School is located in Philadelphia
Thomas Creighton School
Thomas Creighton School is located in Pennsylvania
Thomas Creighton School
Thomas Creighton School is located in the United States
Thomas Creighton School
Location5401 Tabor Rd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°1′30″N 75°6′20″W / 40.02500°N 75.10556°W / 40.02500; -75.10556
Area2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Built1929-1930
ArchitectCatharine, Irwin T.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPSPhiladelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.88002260[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1988

Thomas Creighton School is a historic school building located in the Crescentville neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1929-1930. It is a three-story, eight-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Late Gothic Revival style. Additions were built in 1931 and 1954. It features entrances with arched stone surrounds, brick piers with terra cotta capitals, and a crenellated battlement with four small towers.[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: Thomas Creighton School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.