{"nrhp_refnum":"88002290","name":"Kirkbride, Eliza Butler, School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"626 Dickinson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.93011500600005,"lon":-75.15608940499999,"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 four-story brick-faced concrete school building with limestone trim at 626 Dickinson Street (also 1501 S. 7th Street) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1925-1926 to a design by architect Irwin T. Catharine and constructed by McCloskey & Company.","why_significant":"The building is one of the Philadelphia Public Schools designed by Catharine in the Late Gothic Revival style that he used widely during the 1920s. Its floral and heraldic plaques are described as a finely ornamented example of that style. The nomination argues it is significant for its architecture and was listed as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic Resource.","narrative":"Built in 1925-1926 to a design by Irwin T. Catharine, this four-story school at Dickinson and Seventh Streets in south Philadelphia is a brick-faced concrete building with limestone trim. The projecting center entrance has a Gothic surround with floral and heraldic plaques in the spandrel. Each of the five stories has three openings set with limestone sills and lintels, and a limestone dripcourse runs above the basement windows. A crenellated limestone parapet tops the building. The panels between the floors on the projecting end sections were a standard feature of Catharine's designs and often held the datestone. McCloskey & Company built the school. The building was designed as School Board Type Number 143 and was used for only one other building, the Walter George Smith School. It is regarded as a finely ornamented example of the Late Gothic Revival schools Catharine designed during the 1920s. Its significance rests on its architecture, and the property consists of the single school building and its associated land.","period_of_significance":"1925-1926","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect); McCloskey & Company (builder)","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as good; the document does not state a current use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.362719-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002290.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002290/6cda7248cd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002290/6cda7248cd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirkbride_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirkbride_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993649","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Butler_Kirkbride_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5362109"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/kirkbride-eliza-butler-school-88002290/"}