{"nrhp_refnum":"88002262","name":"Disston, Hamilton, School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6801 Cottage St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.02832865600004,"lon":-75.04684673599996,"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 three-story brick school building at 6801 Cottage Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built in 1923-1924 on a raised brick basement. It is one of the elementary schools of the Philadelphia Public Schools thematic group.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant under Criterion C for architecture. It was one of six elementary schools begun in 1923 from School Board Type Number 137 plans, which followed standards set by H. deCourcy Richards when he was Chief Designer. The building is listed as a contributing resource within the Philadelphia Public Schools thematic district.","narrative":"Built in 1923-1924 as an elementary school at 6801 Cottage Street in Philadelphia, the three-story brick building stands on a raised brick basement and is laid out in nine bays across the front. Large stone arched surrounds frame the first-floor openings, and a double stone cornice sits above them, while a brick parapet capped with stone coping carries the school's name carved into it. The side elevations have five bays and a projecting entrance pavilion framed by double pilasters and an entablature. The building was one of eight schools erected from the same School Board Type Number 137 plans, and its design follows standards set by H. deCourcy Richards when he served as Chief Designer for the School District of Philadelphia. The school district's early 1920s building program produced thirteen elementary schools and eight junior high schools. The building is significant for its architecture as a representative example of that standardized, Colonial Revival school design, and it is listed as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools thematic district.","period_of_significance":"1923-1924","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect); Unknown (builder)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as good; use recorded as school.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.552765-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002262.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002262/93dd34818b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002262/93dd34818b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ham_Disston_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ham_Disston_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"16000257","name":"Tacony Disston Community Development Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/tacony-disston-community-development-historic-district-16000257/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993549","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Disston_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5644903"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/disston-hamilton-school-88002262/"}