Benjamin Franklin Academics Plus School

	Benjamin Franklin School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Benjamin Franklin School, October 2010
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Location	5737 Rising Sun Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°02′33″N 75°06′15″W / 40.0424°N 75.1042°WCoordinates: 40°02′33″N 75°06′15″W / 40.0424°N 75.1042°W
Area	2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Built	1915
Built by	William R. Dougherty
Architect	Henry deCourcy Richards
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Utilitarian
MPS	Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.	88002274
Added to NRHP	November 18, 1988

Benjamin Franklin Academics Plus School is a historic elementary school located in the Crescentville neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1915. It is a two-story, five-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Late Gothic Revival style. Additions were built in 1931 and 1954. It features entrances with carved stone and terra cotta surrounds and a brick parapet.^[2] The school was named for Benjamin Franklin.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-06-28. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Benjamin Franklin School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.

External links[]

Official website
Benjamin Franklin School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-06-28. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Benjamin Franklin School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.

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