{"nrhp_refnum":"88002300","name":"McClure, Alexander K., School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4139 N. 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.01510196500004,"lon":-75.13765146599997,"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 school building on a raised basement at 21st and Winter Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built in 1910-1911 with the School District of Philadelphia as owner and designed by Henry deCourcy Richards.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Criterion C for its architecture as a representative example of Richards' varied styles within a major public school construction program in Philadelphia. It is presented as showing Richards' architectural versatility and the use of traditional forms to connect with an earlier American past. The evaluation states it warrants entry for its place in the history of education and school architecture in Philadelphia.","narrative":"Built in 1910-1911 on a raised basement at 21st and Winter Streets, this three-story brick school has stone horizontal bands, stone lintels and a stone belt course, and a central stair tower whose rounded arched opening rises above the entrance. Brick diapering fills the projecting end registers on either side of the entry tower. Henry deCourcy Richards designed it during a major school construction program that followed the 1905 centralization of Philadelphia's public school system under J. Horace Cook, then Superintendent of Buildings. An addition of 1915 added an auditorium, a domestic science room, a manual training room and twelve classrooms, and a small addition in 1967 was also made. The building is regarded as an example of Richards' range, which included Regency-style design. It is also cited as an example of traditional forms used to evoke an earlier American past in the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"1910-1911","architect_builder":"Henry deCourcy Richards (architect); Cramp & Co (builder)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as good; the form states the school present use is School.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.979973-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002300.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002300/96634cd593-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002300/96634cd593-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McClure_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McClure_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993565","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_K._McClure_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4719270"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/mcclure-alexander-k-school-88002300/"}