{"nrhp_refnum":"86003348","name":"Wright, Richardson L., School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1101 Venango St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.00716246700006,"lon":-75.14654020099994,"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 Colonial Revival manner for the Philadelphia School Board.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the Wright School is one of a few surviving intact examples of Colonial Revival school designs by Lloyd Titus, who served as Chief Draftsman for the Philadelphia School Board's Department of Buildings from 1901 to 1905. It is described as a rare surviving work by Titus, an important turn-of-the-century designer of Philadelphia public schools. Its significance is placed in architecture.","narrative":"Designed in the Colonial Revival style by Lloyd Titus, the Wright School is a Philadelphia public school building that survives largely intact. Titus held the post of Chief Draftsman for the Philadelphia School Board's Department of Buildings from 1901 to 1905, working under the Department's Supervisor, a licensed architect. He was the last non-architect to hold the position. His schools are noted for simple design, with minimal detailing and ornamentation, yet show a skilled handling of materials suited to early twentieth-century school needs. The school is significant as a rare surviving example of Titus's work. Its successor in the post, architect Henry deCoursey Richards, produced Colonial Revival schools of greater refinement in detail, which makes the contrast between architect and non-architect designs visible. The building is therefore valued for documenting Titus's contribution to turn-of-the-century Philadelphia public school architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Lloyd Titus (Chief Draftsman, Philadelphia School Board Department of Buildings)","architectural_style":"Colonial 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 17:11:34.062461-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86003348.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003348/253e42796f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003348/253e42796f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1101_Venango_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1101_Venango_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993535","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson_L._Wright_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7330339"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/wright-richardson-l-school-86003348/"}