John Greenleaf Whittier School (Philadelphia)

	John Greenleaf Whittier School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	John Greenleaf Whittier School, September 2010
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Location	2600 Clearfield St.,; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°00′09″N 75°10′26″W / 40.0025°N 75.1739°WCoordinates: 40°00′09″N 75°10′26″W / 40.0025°N 75.1739°W
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	1913
Built by	Cramp & Co.
Architect	Henry deCourcy Richards
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.	88002334
Added to NRHP	November 18, 1988

John Greenleaf Whittier School is a historic school building located in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1913. It is a three-story, brick-faced reinforced concrete building, five bays wide with terra cotta trim. It has a Classical Revival-style entrance surround with entablature.^[2] It is named for John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1] The school was closed in 2013.^[3]

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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: John Greenleaf Whittier School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-19.
^ Matheson, Kathy (March 7, 2013). "4 Philadelphia Schools Saved, 23 Closing After SRC Vote". WPVI-TV. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

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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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: John Greenleaf Whittier School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-19.

[3] Matheson, Kathy (March 7, 2013). "4 Philadelphia Schools Saved, 23 Closing After SRC Vote". WPVI-TV. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

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