James R. Ludlow School

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James R. Ludlow School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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James R. Ludlow School, August 2010
James R. Ludlow School is located in Philadelphia
James R. Ludlow School
Location550 W. Master St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°58′21″N 75°08′45″W / 39.9725°N 75.1459°W / 39.9725; -75.1459Coordinates: 39°58′21″N 75°08′45″W / 39.9725°N 75.1459°W / 39.9725; -75.1459
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1926–1927
ArchitectIrwin T. Catharine
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPSPhiladelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.88002296[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1988

James R. Ludlow School is a historic K-8 elementary school within the School District of Philadelphia, located in the Yorktown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The school building is a Gothic Revival structure designed by architect Irwin T. Catharine (1883–1944) and built in 1926–1927. It is a heavily constructed three-story brick building, nine bays wide with projecting end bays in the Late Gothic Revival-style. Like many similarly-designed Gothic Revival schools in Philadelphia, it features rib vault, heavily tiled corridors, and a stone entrance pavilion with a Tudor-arched opening.[2] The school was named for the Hon. James Reilly Ludlow, or “Judge Ludlow” (1825-1886), President Judge of Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a distinguished graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.[3] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Ludlow School is located near the National Shrine of St. John Neumann, and near Philadelphia’s up-and-coming Fishtown neighborhood. St. John Neumann was a Bishop of Philadelphia who largely organized and expanded Philadelphia's diocesan school system.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. The original school housed a sewing room. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1985). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: James R. Ludlow School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  3. ^ Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, "James R. Ludlow," by Richard Vaux, January 7, 1887, p. 19-23

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