{"nrhp_refnum":"86003296","name":"Key, Francis Scott, School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2226--2250 S. Eighth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.92082879000003,"lon":-75.16039799299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Key School is a school building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, constructed in 1889. It was designed by architect Joseph Anshutz.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the Key School, with the Landreth and Drexel Schools, represents an important period in school design and reflects the flamboyance of the Victorian era. It is presented as a prototypical Queen Anne-influenced design by Anshutz, with a single-loaded corridor variation of the Sloan plan. The building is one of the few relatively intact examples of a standardized Philadelphia school model of the 1880s and 1890s.","narrative":"Built in 1889 in Philadelphia, the Key School was designed by architect Joseph Anshutz, who produced roughly 75 school buildings for the city's school board during his tenure. The building is a brick structure with corbelled brickwork, tall attenuated chimneys and molded brick belt courses, reflecting the Furness-influenced Queen Anne style. Its design followed a standard school board formula, repeated across the city in the 1880s and 1890s with little variation. The Key School, along with the nearby Landreth and Drexel Schools, is regarded as one of the few relatively intact examples of this model still surviving. Its floor plan includes a single-loaded corridor, flanking stairs and five classrooms on each floor. The building is significant as a prototype for later school construction in the city and as an example of the period's decorative school architecture. Anshutz later worked in the Colonial Revival mode, but the Key School represents his earlier High Victorian approach.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Joseph Anshutz (architect)","architectural_style":"Furness-influenced Queen Anne","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 17:11:34.482122-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86003296.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003296/cdd5789820-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003296/cdd5789820-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FS_Key_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FS_Key_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993715","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5482420"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/key-francis-scott-school-86003296/"}