Germantown Grammar School
Germantown Grammar School | |
Germantown Grammar School #1, October 2010 | |
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Location | McCallum and Haines Sts., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°02′15″N 75°10′43″W / 40.0374°N 75.1786°WCoordinates: 40°02′15″N 75°10′43″W / 40.0374°N 75.1786°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1874-1875, 1886-1887 |
Architect | Esler, Louis; Anshutz, Joseph W. |
Architectural style | Italianate |
MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
NRHP Reference # | 86003287, 06000430 (boundary increase) [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 1, 1986, May 19, 2006 (boundary increase) |
Germantown Grammar School, also known as Lafayette Grammar School and Opportunities Industrial Center, Inc., are two historic school buildings located in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Germantown Grammar School #1 was built in 1874-1875, and is a three-story, serpentine brownstone building in a combined Italianate / Gothic-style. It has a two-story addition dated to the 1980s. It features dressed brownstone trim; a projecting, pedimented front section; and projecting cross-gables. Germantown Grammar School #2 was built in 1886-1887, and is a two-story, four bay by nine bay, brick building faced in Wissahickon schist in a vernacular Italianate-style.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. A boundary increase occurred in 2006 [1] and discussion is currently underway to increase the boundary again in 2020 after President Donald Trump is re-elected. No comments have been made as to how much the boundary will increase by.
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes B. Mintz (July 1986). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Germantown Grammar School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03. and Dara Zitzmann (January 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Germantown Grammar School (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.