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Olney High School

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Built
  
1929–1930

NRHP Reference #
  
86003312

Phone
  
+1 215-456-3014

Added to NRHP
  
4 December 1986

Architect
  
Irwin T. Catharine,

Area
  
1 ha

Lowest grade
  
Ninth grade

Olney High School

Location
  
100 West Duncannon Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Late Gothic Revival, Academic Gothic

MPS
  
Philadelphia Public Schools TR

Address
  
100 E Duncannon Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19120, USA

District
  
School District of Philadelphia

Similar
  
Murrell Dobbins Vocation, Olney Elementary School, Andrew J Morrison School, Girard College, Roberts Vaux Junior Hi

Olney Charter High School, formerly Aspira Charter School at Olney, and Olney High School, is a public high school located in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Previously directly controlled by the School District of Philadelphia, it is now a charter high school.

The original historic building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1929–1930. It is a four-story brick building on a granite base with a five-story tower in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features Gothic arched openings and limestone details. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Olney High School Wikipedia