{"nrhp_refnum":"86003288","name":"Hanna, William B., School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5720--5738 Media St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.976282311000034,"lon":-75.23583143399998,"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":"The William B. Hanna School is a school building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed in the academic Anglo-Gothic style by the Philadelphia School Board's Department of Buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is an exceptionally intact example of early twentieth-century Anglo-Gothic school design. It is representative of the Gothic-style schools designed by Henry deCoursey Richards, a significant Philadelphia public school architect. It closely resembles the Anthony Wayne School, which shares its identical style and massing.","narrative":"Built by the Philadelphia School Board's Department of Buildings in the early twentieth century, the William B. Hanna School is an academic building in the Anglo-Gothic style. School Board draftsman Henry deCoursey Richards designed it, and it is regarded as an exceptionally intact example of his work. Richards produced several schools in the same style and massing, and the Hanna School closely resembles the Anthony Wayne School. Richards adopted the Collegiate or Anglo-Gothic style, which was popular in the early twentieth century, for a number of his school designs. The Hanna School is less ornate than his Horace Furness School, but it is representative of his Gothic-style schools generally. Its significance lies in its value as an example of the work of Richards, a notable Philadelphia public school architect, and of the Gothic school designs he produced for the city.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Henry deCoursey Richards (School Board draftsman, Philadelphia School Board Department of Buildings)","architectural_style":"Anglo-Gothic (Collegiate Gothic)","criteria":[],"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 17:11:33.240748-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86003288.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003288/137ba1a025-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003288/137ba1a025-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hanna_School_former.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hanna_School_former.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001151","name":"Fairmount Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/fairmount-park-72001151/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993478","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Hanna_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8004796"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/hanna-william-b-school-86003288/"}