{"nrhp_refnum":"88002269","name":"Feltonville School No. 2","other_names":["Feltonville School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4901 Rising Sun Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.02466915000008,"lon":-75.12266957199995,"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 brick school building with granite trimmings at 4901 Rising Sun Avenue in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia, built in 1908 for the School District of Philadelphia.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Criterion C for architecture as a representative example of the Late Gothic Revival and Utilitarian styles used by architect H. deCourcy Richards in the 1910s Philadelphia school buildings. It is the sole building erected from School Board Type No. 116 and has seen little loss of its original integrity. It is listed as a contributing resource to the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic District.","narrative":"Built in 1908 at Rising Sun Avenue and Winter Street in Feltonville, this two-story brick school rests on a raised brick basement and is trimmed with granite. Its outside projecting registers are capped by rounded parapets, and stone dripcourses and beltcourses mark the basement and second floor. Side-elevation entrances have recessed arched openings. The building was erected on the site of Feltonville School No. 1, built in 1874 and removed in 1937, and it contains twelve classrooms. It was designed by H. deCourcy Richards during his early years as chief designer for the School Board, when the district was replacing small, overcrowded schools with larger ones. Its plan was deliberately modest and utilitarian rather than showy. It is the only building erected from School Board Type No. 116 and is regarded as representative of Richards's 1910s school work. The building has retained most of its original integrity.","period_of_significance":"1908","architect_builder":"H. deCourcy Richards (architect); Cramp & Company (builder)","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival; Utilitarian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a school","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.291269-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002269.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002269/0586bb6fd9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002269/0586bb6fd9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feltonville_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feltonville_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993669","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feltonville_School_No._2","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5442687"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/feltonville-school-no-2-88002269/"}