{"nrhp_refnum":"86003311","name":"Olney Elementary School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Tabor Rd. and Water St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.03062092000005,"lon":-75.11752312299996,"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":"Olney Elementary School is a school building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed in the Georgian Revival style for institutional use.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an exceptionally intact example of Georgian Revival institutional architecture and a fine representative of turn-of-the-century school design in Philadelphia. It is one of the few schools designed by architect Andrew Sauer during his short tenure with the School Board, and it shows the proportion, balance, massing and detailing associated with the style.","narrative":"Olney Elementary School is a Georgian Revival school building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, created at the turn of the twentieth century for the city's School Board. Its design was the work of architect Andrew Sauer, who held a brief tenure with the Board. The building is domestic in scale and is valued for its attention to proportion, balance, massing and detailing, the qualities that defined the Georgian Revival style in America. That style suited institutional buildings and expressed the prosperity and civic pride of the period. The school is considered an exceptionally intact example of the style, and it epitomizes turn-of-the-century school design in the city. Sauer's work followed the late nineteenth-century Revival styles introduced by his predecessor, Joseph Anshutz, during the 1890s. Few schools by Sauer survive, which adds to the building's importance as a fine example of his work.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Andrew Sauer (architect)","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","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 17:11:33.235812-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86003311.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003311/adcdfa0bb5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003311/adcdfa0bb5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olney_Elementary_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olney_Elementary_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993533","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olney_Elementary_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7088451"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/olney-elementary-school-86003311/"}