Built 1914 NRHP Reference # 88002291 Area 1 ha Added to NRHP 18 November 1988 | Built by Cramp & Co. Opened 1914 Phone +1 215-471-2915 | |
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Location 242 S. 47th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR Address 4700 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19139, USA Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar George Sharswood School, Paul L Dunbar School, Lewis C Cassidy School, F Amadee Bregy School, George W Nebinger School | ||
Henry C. Lea School of Practice is a historic school building located in the Walnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built by Cramp & Co. in 1914. It is a three-story, five bay, reinforced concrete building faced with brick and with terra cotta and granite trim in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It sits on a raised basement. It features a Classical limestone center entrance surround, a central two-story bay window, decorative panels, crenelated parapet, and a projecting entrance bay. It was used as an "observation school" for teacher education and training.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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