{"nrhp_refnum":"86003280","name":"Farragut, David, School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hancock and Cumberland","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.98789510900008,"lon":-75.13525431799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-12-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A school building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built in 1873 with a 1915 addition. It is known as the Farragut School.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is a rare surviving example of school design from the 1870s. It was designed on the traditional square plan with projecting stair wings and is essentially imitative of the Sloan Plan. The building retains much of its original Victorian character and detailing despite several alterations.","narrative":"Built in 1873 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a 1915 addition, the Farragut School is a schoolhouse designed by Louis Esler, who was appointed the first Building Supervisor for the Office of Building in 1867. The office was created to meet demand for new schools after the 1854 consolidation of Philadelphia, and it oversaw a major boom in school construction during the 1860s and 1870s. The building uses a traditional square plan with projecting stair wings, a form that changed slowly in nineteenth century school design. Its design is essentially imitative of the Sloan Plan, a model used by early schools. Although several alterations have been made, the building keeps much of its original Victorian character and detailing. It is significant as a rare survivor among early schools that used the Sloan plan, which is the reason for its listing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Louis Esler (architect)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.016043-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86003280.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003280/2837a215db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003280/2837a215db-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farragut_School_Philly.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farragut_School_Philly.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993615","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Farragut_School_(Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233562"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/farragut-david-school-86003280/"}