Built 1931-1932 NRHP Reference # 86003274 Area 8,000 m² Architect Irwin T. Catharine | Architectural style Moderne Added to NRHP December 4, 1986 Phone +1 215-684-5065 | |
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Location 1750 N. 12th St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR Address 1750 N 12th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA District School District of Philadelphia Similar James R Ludlow School, George Meade School, F Amadee Bregy School, D Newlin Fell School, Thomas K Finletter School | ||
Paul Lawrence Dunbar School is a historic school building located in the Templetown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1931-1932. It is a four-story, 14 bay, orange brick building on a raised basement in the Moderne-style. It features ribbon bands of windows, brick pilasters with compound capitals, and spandrel panels. It was named for African American poet and author Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is a middle school in the School District of Philadelphia.
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