{"nrhp_refnum":"88002261","name":"Crossan, Kennedy, School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7341 Palmetto St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.06209596300005,"lon":-75.08134378099999,"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 2-story brick school building with stone trimmings at Palmetto Street and Bleigh Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1922-1924 and used as a school. It is one of the Philadelphia Public Schools listed as a thematic group.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school illustrates the change in Philadelphia school design from Richards' heavy reliance on industrial features to Catharine's more imaginative use of Gothic details. It is grouped with other early 1920s schools by Jenks and Morrison. The nomination is assessed under architecture criteria.","narrative":"Built between 1922 and 1924 on Palmetto Street in Philadelphia, the Kennedy Crossan School is a two-story brick building set on a raised brick basement. Its central entrance has an arched opening with stone surrounds and a stone name panel above. Two-story openings with three sash on each floor, stone panels between the floors, and a small stone cornice beneath a crenellated brick parapet give the front its character. The architect was Irwin T. Catharine, and the design is in the Late Gothic Revival style. The school is significant as an example of the shift in Philadelphia school design away from the industrial features of earlier work toward freer Gothic detailing. It is one of several schools of the early 1920s that show this change. A 1966 portable classroom stands apart from the main building on the same parcel.","period_of_significance":"1922-1924","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect); Unknown (builder)","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Good condition; a portable school erected in 1966 stands separate from the main structure.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.680975-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002261.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002261/6f3fffed2a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002261/6f3fffed2a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kennedy_Crossan_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kennedy_Crossan_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993637","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Crossan_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6389605"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/crossan-kennedy-school-88002261/"}