{"nrhp_refnum":"88002304","name":"Overbrook School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6201--6231 Lebanon Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.981767148000074,"lon":-75.24557140699994,"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 granite-faced brick school building on a raised basement at 6201-6231 Lebanon Avenue in Overbrook, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1905-1907 for the Philadelphia public school system and later used as a private school.","why_significant":"The building is significant for its Colonial Revival design by the Philadelphia School District's designers and as one of the last non-fireproof school buildings the district erected. It is listed as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic District, and its 1913-1914 addition by H. deCourcey Richards was designed to match the original.","narrative":"Built between 1905 and 1907 as a public school on Lebanon Avenue in Overbrook, Philadelphia, the granite-faced brick building rises two stories above a raised basement and follows the Colonial Revival style favored by the school district at the time. Lloyd Titus, the district's principal designer during the interval between Joseph W. Anschutz and H. deCourcey Richards, designed it, and William J. Smith served as builder. The facade has a central front gable with a small arched opening, arched openings on the first floor at the ends, and rectangular windows with stone lintels and sills throughout. In 1913-1914 Richards added an eight-bay wing that matched the original materials and general massing, adding a pedimented center section and large arched windows. The building is regarded as one of the last non-fireproof schools the district erected, and it is counted as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic District.","period_of_significance":"1905-1907","architect_builder":"Lloyd Titus (architect); William J. Smith (builder)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The building is now used as a private school.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.563312-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002304.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002304/b224a1d25e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002304/b224a1d25e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overbrook_School_1913.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overbrook_School_1913.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/71993569","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overbrook_Elementary_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7113574"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/overbrook-school-88002304/"}