Henry deCourcy Richards, also spelt Henry deCoursey Richards, was an American architect who worked in Philadelphia. He designed many buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.
Works (credits) include:
Gen. David B. Birney School, 900 W. Lindley St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedThomas Durham School, 1600 Lombard St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedFeltonville School No. 2, 4901 Rising Sun Ave., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedBenjamin Franklin School, 5737-5741 Rising Sun Ave., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedCharles Wolcott Henry School, 601-645 W. Carpenter Ln., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedHolmes Junior High School, 5429-5455 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedJulia Ward Howe School, 1301-1331 Grange St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedKensington High School for Girls, 2075 E. Cumberland St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedHenry C. Lea School of Practice, 242 S. 47th St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedHenry Longfellow School, 5004-5098 Tacony St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedJames Russell Lowell School, 5801-5851 N. 5th St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedJohn Marshall School, 1501-1527 Sellers St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedAlexander K. McClure School, 4139 N. 6th St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedJeremiah Nichols School, 1235 S. 16th St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,H. deCourcy) NRHP-listedGeorge Sharswood School, 200 Wolf St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedBayard Taylor School, 3614-3630 N. Randolph St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedJohn Greenleaf Whittier School, 2600 Clearfield St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listedGeorge L. Brooks School, 5629-5643 Haverford Ave., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listedHorace Furness Junior High School, 1900 S. Third St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listedWilliam B. Hanna School, 5720-5738 Media St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listedNathaniel Hawthorne School, 712 S. Twelfth St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listedJohn L. Kinsey School, Sixty-fifth Ave. and Limekiln Pike, Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listedS. Weir Mitchell School, Fifty-sixth and Kingsessing St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listedWilliam Penn High School for Girls, 1501 Wallace St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listedEdgar Allan Poe School, 2136 Ritner St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listedThomas Buchanan Read School, Seventy-eighth and Buist Ave., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listedSouthwark School, Eighth and Miflin Sts., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listedAnthony Wayne School, 2700 Morris St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listedWest Philadelphia High School, 4700 Walnut St., Philadelphia PA (Richards,Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listedFrancis E. Willard School, Emerald and Orleans Sts., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listedHis successor as school designer for Philadelphia was Irwin T. Catharine.
