{"nrhp_refnum":"88002267","name":"Emlen, Eleanor Cope, School of Practice","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6501 Chew St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.054148989000055,"lon":-75.17806185199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story buff-colored brick school building at 6501 Chew Street (21st and Winter Streets) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1925-1926 as the Eleanor Cope Emlen School of Practice, with a 1930 auditorium addition.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant under the education criterion as one of several Philadelphia School District buildings that served both to instruct children and to train teachers in methods endorsed by the Board of Education. It is evaluated as a contributing part of the Philadelphia Public Schools thematic group on its educational merits.","narrative":"Built in 1925-1926 on Chew Street in Philadelphia, the Eleanor Cope Emlen School of Practice is a three-story building of buff-colored brick with limestone trim, designed in the Late Gothic Revival style by Irwin T. Catharine. Its nine-bay front has projecting end sections, carved stone panels beneath the openings, and a central two-story stone bay carrying the school's name above an arched entrance. A crenellated parapet tops the building. Its plan resembles the John Story Jenks School. In 1930 an auditorium was added to the rear of the northeast wing. The school was one of several the Philadelphia School District erected to teach children and also to train teachers in methods endorsed by the Board of Education, a model that was praised in national educational circles. Along with the Henry C. Lea, Logan, Russell H. Conwell and Thaddeus Stevens schools of practice, it represents that program. The nomination treats its educational role as the basis for its importance.","period_of_significance":"1925-1926","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect); Melody & Company (builder)","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and integrity as good; in school use","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.320519-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002267.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002267/728ee93d21-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002267/728ee93d21-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EC_Emlen_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EC_Emlen_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001151","name":"Fairmount Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/fairmount-park-72001151/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993773","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emlen_Elementary_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5354252"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/emlen-eleanor-cope-school-of-practice-88002267/"}