Built 1915–1916 Area 8,000 m² | Built by David Peoples Added to NRHP 4 December 1986 | |
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Location 5500 Kingsessing Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Architect Henry deCoursey Richards Architectural style Late Gothic Revival, Academic Gothic MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR | ||
S. Weir Mitchell Elementary School is a historic elementary school located in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Henry deCoursey Richards and built in 1915–1916. It is a four-story, seven bay, red brick building with terra cotta and granite trim in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It sits on a raised basement. It features a projecting entrance bay with oversized arched surround, projecting secondary entrance bays, terra cotta quoining, and an arched gable parapet.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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