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Roosevelt Elementary School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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Area
  
5 acres (2.0 ha)

Architect
  
Irwin T. Catharine

Built
  
1922–1924

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival

Roosevelt Elementary School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Location
  
430 E. Washington Ln., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MPS
  
Philadelphia Public Schools TR

Roosevelt Elementary School is a historic K–8 school located in the Morton neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1922–1924. It is a three-story, 17 bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Colonial Revival-style. It features a central projecting entrance pavilion of brick and stone, with stone pilasters, and a stone cornice and brick parapet. The school was named for President Theodore Roosevelt.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

Roosevelt Elementary School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Wikipedia