{"nrhp_refnum":"88002309","name":"Pennell, Joseph, School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1800--1856 Nedro St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.04319587600003,"lon":-75.15083694899994,"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 at 1800-1856 Nedro Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built in 1926-1927 as a public school of the School District of Philadelphia. A one-story brick addition was built on the east side in 1954, and a portable school was placed to the west in 1967.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is an excellent example of the Late Gothic Revival style as used in the 1920s school designs of the architect's office. It is identical in plan and design to the Andrew Jackson, Eleanor Cope Emlen and Belmont schools. The form states that the building retains its design integrity despite the 1954 addition and meets the criteria for National Register listing under Architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1926-1927 on Nedro Street in Philadelphia, the Joseph Pennell School is a three-story brick building with stone trim, designed in the Late Gothic Revival style. Its nine bays project at the ends, and the central bays have a two-story stone bay across the second and third floors. Windows are arranged in a 1-3-1 pattern, and the flat roof is edged by a low parapet with stone coping. Carved panels sit below windows on the end pavilions. The building is identical in plan and design to the Andrew Jackson, Eleanor Cope Emlen and Belmont schools, and it is counted among the finest examples of the architect's 1920s school designs. The school is significant for its architecture under Criterion C. A one-story brick addition from 1954 on the east side does not undermine the original design, and a portable classroom from 1967 stands to the west.","period_of_significance":"1926-1927","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect)","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.948688-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002309.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002309/a41879cfe2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002309/a41879cfe2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pennel_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pennel_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993655","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pennell_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6286176"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/pennell-joseph-school-88002309/"}