{"nrhp_refnum":"88002285","name":"Bridesburg School","other_names":["Irving School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2624 Haworth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.002550298000074,"lon":-75.06780049299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-04-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick former public school building at 2624 Haworth Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known as the Irving School or Bridesburg School. It was built in 1847-1848 with an 1866 addition.","why_significant":"The document argues the building is the third oldest surviving public school building in Philadelphia, one of a small group of surviving schools from the first thirty-two years of school construction by the School Board. It is significant for its architecture and its role in public education. The original building contained five classrooms and the 1866 addition added three more.","narrative":"Brick public school building at 2624 Haworth Street in Philadelphia, begun in 1847 and completed in 1848 in the Greek Revival style. Its builder is recorded as Henry Funk. The original two-story building held five classrooms. In 1866 Charles Fay built an addition with three more classrooms, extending the building deeper with three additional registers of bays. The original openings are partly filled, and a new entrance was cut from a former window. Wooden sills, lintels and a pedimented gable end remain. The school is regarded as the third oldest surviving public school building in Philadelphia, after the Mifflin School and the Penn Township Schools. The Penn Township School was judged too altered to qualify. The building was replaced by a new Bridesburg School in 1888 and sold in 1894. It is significant for its architecture and its place in the early history of Philadelphia public education, and it is one contributing building on its tax parcel.","period_of_significance":"1847-1848","architect_builder":"Henry Funk (builder); Samuel Sloan was the School Board's architect; Charles Fay constructed the 1866 addition","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The document lists the present use as warehouse and the condition as fair; it also states the school was replaced by a new Bridesburg School in 1888 and sold in 1894.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.300303-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002285.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002285/cf6f28e576-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002285/cf6f28e576-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridesburg_School_1847_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridesburg_School_1847_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993611","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridesburg_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4966149"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/bridesburg-school-88002285/"}