Cramp & Co.

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Not to be confused with William Cramp & Sons.
Thomas Durham School

Cramp & Co. was a building company in Philadelphia. Many of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It worked sometimes in conjunction with architect Henry deCourcy Richards.[1][2]

Works (and variations on attribution) include:

  • Thomas Durham School, built 1909, 1600 Lombard St., Philadelphia, PA (Cramp & Co.), NRHP-listed[2]
  • The Bronx Opera House, built 1912-1913, 436 East 149th street, Bronx, New York[3]
  • Feltonville School No. 2, 4901 Rising Sun Ave., Philadelphia, PA (Cramp & Co.), NRHP-listed[2]
  • , 2601 W. Cumberland St., Philadelphia, PA (Cramp & Co.), NRHP-listed[2]
  • Horace Furness Junior High School, 1900 S. Third St., Philadelphia, PA (Cramp & Co.), NRHP-listed[2]
  • Charles Wolcott Henry School, 601-645 W. Carpenter Ln., Philadelphia, PA (Cramp & Co.), NRHP-listed[2]
  • John Story Jenks School, 8301-8317 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA (Cramp & Co.), NRHP-listed[2]
  • John L. Kinsey School, Sixty-fifth Ave. and Limekiln Pike, Philadelphia, PA (Cramp & Co.), NRHP-listed[2]
  • Henry C. Lea School of Practice, 242 S. 47th St., Philadelphia, PA (Cramp & Co.), NRHP-listed[2]
  • Alexander K. McClure School, 4139 N. 6th St., Philadelphia, PA (Cramp & Co.), NRHP-listed[2]
  • Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station, Front and East Broad Sts., Quakertown, PA (Cramp and Co.), NRHP-listed[2]
  • John Greenleaf Whittier School, 2600 Clearfield St., Philadelphia, PA (Cramp & Co.), NRHP-listed[2]
  • St. James Building, 117 West Duval Street, Jacksonville, FL (terracotta)[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jefferson M. Moak; William Sisson; Elizabeth Mintz. "Philadelphia Public Schools TR". National Park Service.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ "Contracts Awarded". The New York Clipper. 1912-09-14.
  4. ^ Broward, Robert C (1997). A Prairie School Masterpiece: The History of the St. James Building. Jacksonville: Jacksonville Historical Society. p. 23.
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