{"nrhp_refnum":"86003297","name":"Kinsey, John L., School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Sixty-fifth Ave. and Limekiln Pike","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.053284862000055,"lon":-75.15226596299993,"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 public school building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, named for John L. Kinsey, designed in the Academic Gothic mode. It is one of three schools built to the Type 130 design.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an exceptionally intact example of the Academic Gothic Type 130 school design by Henry deCoursey Richards. It is described as richly ornamented and among Richards' last designs for the Board, at a time when such ornamented designs were unusual. Its plan includes a central auditorium, 34 classrooms and specialized rooms for manual training, domestic science, gymnastics, infirmary and offices.","narrative":"Built to the Academic Gothic Type 130 plan, the Kinsey School in Philadelphia is one of only three schools of this design. Henry deCoursey Richards designed it while serving as Chief Draftsman for the Board of Education under Superintendent of Buildings J. Horace Cook, a post he held from 1906 to 1916. The building is laid out in a wide U shape around a central auditorium, with 34 classrooms along a single loaded corridor. Specialized rooms were provided for manual training, domestic science, a gymnasium, an infirmary and offices. Alongside the Furness and Mitchell schools, it is regarded as a richly ornamented example of Richards' Gothic work. Its exceptional intactness and detailed Gothic design, produced when such ornamentation was uncommon in school architecture, form the basis for its recognition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Henry deCoursey Richards (architect)","architectural_style":"Academic Gothic","criteria":["C"],"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 17:11:33.278974-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86003297.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003297/171082bd34-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003297/171082bd34-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kinsey_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kinsey_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993466","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Kinsey_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6243617"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/kinsey-john-l-school-86003297/"}