{"nrhp_refnum":"88002254","name":"Lawndale School","other_names":["Cedar Grove Christian Academy"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"600 Hellerman St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.04938428200006,"lon":-75.09199737999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story stone-faced brick school building at 600 Hellerman Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built in 1903-1904 as Lawndale School and later used as Cedar Grove Christian School. Wings were added in the early 1920s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a good example of school architecture of the 1890s and 1900s, designed in the plans of James Gaw, an assistant architect in the Philadelphia School District. The 1924 wings by Irwin T. Catharine match the original stonework. It is nominated as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools thematic group.","narrative":"Built in 1903-1904 as a public school on Hellerman Street in Philadelphia, the two-story building is faced in stone over brick and has three bays on each of its three registers. Its arched entrance sits within a stone frontispiece with an entablature, and the entrances and stairwells are on the side elevations. Two wings added in the early 1920s extend the building, with the southeastern wing having a crenellated parapet and the southwestern wing a stepped parapet. The design is credited to James Gaw, who worked for the Philadelphia School District from 1887 to 1918 and produced several school plans in the years around 1900. The wings, designed by Irwin T. Catharine in 1924, match the original stonework but use different windows to admit more light into the classrooms. The building is significant for its architecture as a representative school of its period, and it has continued in use as a school under the name Cedar Grove Christian School.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"James Gaw (architect); Irwin T. Catharine (wings, 1924)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Document lists current condition as excellent and integrity as good; current use given as Cedar Grove Christian Academy.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.443272-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002254.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002254/468deac168-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002254/468deac168-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lawndale_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lawndale_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993547","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Grove_Christian_Academy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6503697"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/lawndale-school-88002254/"}