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Henry H. Houston School

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Built
  
1926-1927

Area
  
9,300 m²

Added to NRHP
  
10 April 1989

NRHP Reference #
  
88002283

Phone
  
+1 215-248-6608

Henry H. Houston School

Location
  
135 W. Allen's Ln., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MPS
  
Philadelphia Public Schools TR

Address
  
7300 Rural Ln, Philadelphia, PA 19119, USA

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Similar
  
Paul L Dunbar School, Francis Hopkinson School, Andrew J Morrison School, Julia Ward Howe School, Joseph Pennell School

Henry H. Houston School is a historic school building located in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1926-1927. It is a three-story, nine bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features a projecting stone entryway with Tudor arched opening, stone surrounds, and a crenelated parapet.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

References

Henry H. Houston School Wikipedia