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Gen. David B. Birney School

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Built
  
1912-1913

NRHP Reference #
  
88002246

Added to NRHP
  
18 November 1988

Built by
  
Wehmeyer,H.H.

Area
  
1 ha

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Location
  
900 W. Lindley St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MPS
  
Philadelphia Public Schools TR

Architectural style
  
Tudor Revival architecture

Gen. David B. Birney School is a historic school building located in the Logan neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1912-1913. It is a three-story, five bay, reinforced concrete building in the Tudor Revival-style. It is faced in brick and features a limestone center entrance with entabulature and decorative panels. It was named for Civil War General David B. Birney (1825-1864).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

Gen. David B. Birney School Wikipedia