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David Rittenhouse Junior High School

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Built
  
1928

Opened
  
1928

Added to NRHP
  
28 June 1996

NRHP Reference #
  
96000717

Area
  
8,900 m²

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Location
  
1705 Locust St., Norristown, Pennsylvania

Built by
  
Ritter & Shay; Kelly, P.H. , Co., Inc.

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival architecture

David Rittenhouse Junior High School is a historic junior high school building located at Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1928, and is a "T"-plan building in the Colonial Revival style. It is a three-story, red brick building with limestone trim and detailing. It features an ornate, two-story, semi-circular entrance portico, palladian window, and limestone clad tower. The school closed in June 1981. It was named for David Rittenhouse (1732–1796).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

References

David Rittenhouse Junior High School Wikipedia


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