{"nrhp_refnum":"83004263","name":"Stevens School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"606 W. Philadelphia St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"York","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.958616033000055,"lon":-76.74403678299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one half story, six-classroom public school building in York, York County, Pennsylvania, of common bond red-orange brick laid in a Latin cross plan with a hipped slate roof. It was erected in 1889-90 and was designed by the York firm of John A. and Reinhardt Dempwolf.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the building is an architecturally successful example of a school built to the educational needs of its era, in which a modest budget was combined with a restrained use of Richardsonian Romanesque elements. It describes the school as probably the finest remaining Richardsonian Romanesque school building in York County. Its educational and architectural history is also presented as significant, including its role in York's school building expansion between 1888 and 1920.","narrative":"Built in 1889-90 in York, Pennsylvania, the Stevens School is a two and one half story, six-classroom building of red-orange common bond brick, planned in a Latin cross with a hipped slate roof and three central chimneys. Designed by John A. and Reinhardt Dempwolf, the firm that produced many of York's most significant buildings, it was constructed for a contracted cost of $15,985, about $2,665 per classroom. Richardsonian Romanesque features are concentrated on the central facade pavilion, the stair hall, the wall dormers and the roof, while the classroom wings are plain by comparison. The interior retains varnished woodwork and original cloakroom coathooks. The building is regarded as a significant example of local school design from the period. It closed as a public school in December 1960, and the nomination traces how its basic instructional layout came to be considered inadequate after the Second World War.","period_of_significance":"1889-1890","architect_builder":"John A. & Reinhardt Dempwolf (architects)","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Closed to public education in December 1960; the form does not state its later use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.518105-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/83004263.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004263/24fc86e5c3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004263/24fc86e5c3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stevens_School_York_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stevens_School_York_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998864","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevens_School_(York,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7615496"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/stevens-school-83004263/"}