Built 1913-1914 Area 4,000 m² | Built by McCaul, Charles,Co. Added to NRHP 4 December 1986 | |
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Location 2136 Ritner St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Architect Richards, Henry deCoursey Architectural style Tudor Revival, Other, Jacobean MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR | ||
Edgar Allan Poe 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 1913-1914. It is a four-story, five bay, brick and limestone building on a raised basement in the Tudor Revival-style. It features a three-bay, projecting center section with an arched limestone entrance, decorative panels, and a parapet with battlement cuts.It is currently know now as the Girard Academic Music Program. It was named for author Edgar Allan Poe.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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