Built 1915 Opened 1915 Added to NRHP 18 November 1988 | Built by Reilly, Thomas Area 5,700 m² | |
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Location 5004-5098 Tacony St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Architect Richards, Henry deCourcy Architectural style Other, Classical Revival, Utilitarian MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR Similar Citizens Bank Park, Tower Theater, Liacouras Center, Mütter Museum, National Museum of American | ||
Henry Longfellow School was a historic school building located in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1915. It was a three-story, six-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Classical Revival style. It featured a stone cornice and beltcourse and a brick parapet. The school was named for poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Demolition of the school commenced on August 17, 2015 in conjunction with the plans to rebuild and widen Interstate 95 as part of the ongoing reconstruction of the Interstate in Northeast Philadelphia.
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