Built 1913 NRHP Reference # 88002334 Area 7,300 m² Added to NRHP 18 November 1988 | Built by Cramp & Co. Opened 1913 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture | |
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Location 2600 Clearfield St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR People also search for The Devonshire, The Alexandra | ||
John Greenleaf Whittier School is a historic school building located in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1913. It is a three-story, brick-faced reinforced concrete building, five bays wide with terra cotta trim. It has a Classical Revival-style entrance surround with entabulature. It is named for John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The school was closed in 2013.
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