Area less than one acre Added to NRHP 4 December 1986 | Built 1906-1908 | |
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Location 78th St. and Buist Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Built by Stewart Construction Co. Architect Henry deCoursey Richards Architectural style Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival Address Philadelphia, PA 19153, USA | ||
Thomas Buchanan Read School is a historic school building located in the Elmwood Park neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Henry deCoursey Richards and built in 1906-1908. It is a two-story, 20 bay, red brick building with limestone trim in the Georgian Revival-style. It features a large projecting section, recessed entrance bays, brick piers with stone capitals, and a hipped roof with copper cupola.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It was home to the Motivation High School before it moved to its current location on Baltimore Avenue in 2013.
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