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Anthony Wayne School

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Area
  
1 acre (0.40 ha)

Built
  
1908-1909

Anthony Wayne School

Location
  
2700 Morris St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Architect
  
Richards, Henry deCoursey

Architectural style
  
Late Gothic Revival, Other, Academic Gothic

MPS
  
Philadelphia Public Schools TR

Anthony Wayne School is a historic school building located in the Girard Estate neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Henry deCoursey Richards and built in 1908-1909. It is a four-story, five bay, reinforced concrete building clad in brick and in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features a projecting entrance with terra cotta ornament, a projecting multi-story terra cotta bay, terra cotta decorative panels, and a parapet. It was named for United States Army general and statesman Anthony Wayne (1745-1786).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Anthony Wayne School Wikipedia


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