Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 86003269 Added to NRHP 4 December 1986 | Built 1926-1927 Architectural style Streamline Moderne | |
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Location 708-732 N. Seventeenth St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR Address Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA Similar Darrah Apartments, Laura Wheeler Waring P, Gesu School, Benjamin Franklin High Sch, Embassy Apartments | ||
Lydia Darrah School is a historic school building located in the Francisville neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1926-1927. It is a three-story, rectangular brick building with a raised basement in the Moderne-style. It features terracotta trim, fluted columns, and an undulating parapet wall. It was named for Revolutionary War figure Lydia Darrah (1728-1789).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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