Area 5 acres (2.0 ha) Architect Irwin T. Catharine | Built 1922â1924 Architectural style Colonial Revival | |
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Location 430 E. Washington Ln.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
Roosevelt Elementary School is a historic Kâ8 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 1922â1924. 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.
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