{"nrhp_refnum":"86003318","name":"Poe, Edgar Allen, School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2136 Ritner St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.92169645200005,"lon":-75.18286800499999,"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, designed in the Jacobean style. The form gives no construction date or current condition.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the school reflects the early twentieth-century shift in Philadelphia school design toward revival styles during J. Horace Cook's tenure as Superintendent. It is presented as a distinctive example of the work of school draftsman Henry deCoursey Richards, and as one of only two Jacobean style schools he designed that are included in the thematic group.","narrative":"A school building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed in the Jacobean style by the school draftsman Henry deCoursey Richards. It belongs to a period in which Philadelphia schools were built in Colonial, Georgian, Tudor and Gothic revival designs, often using brick and limestone with ornate cartouches, door and window surrounds, and battlemented parapets. The design is valued for its intricate detailing. Richards produced it during the tenure of J. Horace Cook as Superintendent, when the styling and detail of city schools reached a level of sophistication not previously matched. Only two schools designed by Richards in the Jacobean style are included in the thematic group, and this one is the smaller of the two, with more elaborate ornament than the Southwark School. The listing rests on its architectural merit and its demonstration of Richards's range across different design modes.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Henry deCoursey Richards (architect)","architectural_style":"Jacobean","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 17:11:32.803093-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86003318.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003318/1ad6ed81e8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003318/1ad6ed81e8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EA_Poe_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EA_Poe_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993621","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5337103"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/poe-edgar-allen-school-86003318/"}