William Rowen School
William Rowen School | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Location | 6801 N. 19th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°3′31″N 75°8′55″W / 40.05861°N 75.14861°WCoordinates: 40°3′31″N 75°8′55″W / 40.05861°N 75.14861°W |
Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
Built | 1937 |
Architect | Catharine, Irwin T. |
Architectural style | Georgian Revival, Moderne |
MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002318[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
William Rowen Elementary School is a historic elementary school located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia.
It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1937–1938. It is a two-story, five bay, brick building in a Georgian Revival / Moderne-style. It features a large stone entrance and truncated steeple.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
Feeder patterns[]
Rowen feeds into King High School.[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: William Rowen School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.
- ^ "Martin Luther King High School Geographic Boundaries" (Archive). School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on November 17, 2016.
External links[]
- William Rowen School
- William Rowen Elementary School at the School District of Philadelphia
- William Rowen Elementary School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Categories:
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
- Georgian Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- Moderne architecture in Pennsylvania
- School buildings completed in 1938
- West Oak Lane, Philadelphia
- Public elementary schools in Philadelphia
- School District of Philadelphia
- Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs