Architectural style Moderne Added to NRHP November 18, 1988 Year built 1937 | NRHP Reference # 88002250 Phone +1 215-335-5650 Architect Irwin T. Catharine | |
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Location 3600 Stanwood St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Address 3600 Stanwood St, Philadelphia, PA 19136, USA District School District of Philadelphia Similar Fitzsimons Thomas High Sch, Northeast High School, Central High School, Lincoln High School | ||
Joseph H. Brown Elementary School is an elementary school on Frankford Avenue at Stanwood Street in Holmesburg, in the Northeast Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, currently serving students from kindergarten to sixth grade. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.
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The current school building was constructed in 1937, replacing an earlier building on the same site. The school building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine, then the Philadelphia School District's main architect, and is an exemplar of the Art Deco and Moderne schools of architecture.
School uniforms
Brown students are required to wear school uniforms.
History
Before 1973, J.H. Brown included grades K through 8. With the opening of Austin Meehan Middle School, grades 7 and 8 were moved from Brown School.
Principals:
Joseph Brown students go on to Austin Meehan Middle.
All persons assigned to Meehan are zoned to Abraham Lincoln High School.