Whitpain Public School
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Whitpain Public School | |
Whitpain Public School, September 2012 | |
Location | 799 Skippack Pike, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°9′27″N 75°16′27″W / 40.15750°N 75.27417°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1895 |
Architect | Baker, Victor H.; Shaeff Jr., Walter |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Gothic, et al. |
NRHP reference No. | 06001150[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 20, 2006 |
Whitpain Public School, also known as Whitpain High School and the 1895 School, is a historic school building located in Blue Bell, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1895, and is a two-story, stucco covered stone and brick building. It is in a Late Victorian style with Queen Anne and Gothic Revival style details. It measures 37 feet wide by 50 feet deep, and sits on a fieldstone foundation. It features an entrance porch and numerous Gothic arches.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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 John R. Simon (April 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Whitpain Public School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-04-21.
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- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- School buildings completed in 1895
- Schools in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Whitpain Township, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs