{"nrhp_refnum":"88002266","name":"Edmunds, Henry R., School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1101--1197 Haworth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.02515194100005,"lon":-75.08704283299994,"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 elementary school at 1101-1197 Haworth Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1923-1924 for the School District of Philadelphia. The building is in the Colonial Revival style and rests on a raised brick basement.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant as one of eight elementary schools built from the same School Board Type Number 137 plans during the district's early-1920s building program. It is evaluated under Criterion C for architecture and is listed as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic District. The design follows standards set by H. deCourcy Richards, the district's Chief Designer.","narrative":"A three-story brick school on Haworth Street in Philadelphia, built in 1923-1924 on a raised brick basement. Its nine-bay front has recessed outer bays, stone arched surrounds on the first level, and a brick parapet with stone coping in which the school's name is carved. The side elevations have a projecting entrance pavilion framed by double pilasters and an entablature, beneath a large arched opening. The school was one of eight elementary schools erected from the same set of plans, School Board Type Number 137, during an ambitious building program by the School District of Philadelphia between 1921 and 1923. The plan followed design standards set by H. deCourcy Richards when he served as the district's Chief Designer. The building is significant for its architecture as a representative example of this standardized school design. Its three-acre site on tax parcel 886176000 is the only contributing resource in the nominated area, and the nomination treats the building as part of the wider Philadelphia Public Schools thematic group.","period_of_significance":"1923-1924","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect or engineer)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as good; the document gives no current use beyond its original school function.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.768504-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002266.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002266/d1c19fbd70-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002266/d1c19fbd70-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Davidt8","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phila_HenryREdmondsSchool01.png\" rel=\"noopener\">Davidt8</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phila_HenryREdmondsSchool01.png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993553","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Charter_School_for_Arts_and_Sciences","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5727299"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/edmunds-henry-r-school-88002266/"}