{"nrhp_refnum":"88002312","name":"Meehan, Thomas, School","other_names":["Pentecostal Faith Assembly Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5347--5353 Pulaski St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.02766451900004,"lon":-75.17541502699999,"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 stone school building at 5347-5353 Pulaski Street in Southwest Germantown, Philadelphia, built 1901-1902, now used as a church. It was designed in the Colonial Revival style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant as one of the few surviving examples of designs by Lloyd Titus, an important turn-of-the-century Philadelphia school designer. It is described as one of the few schools of its period with a central front entrance, and it was built to relieve overcrowding at the neighboring Daniel L. Keyser School. It is nominated as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools thematic group.","narrative":"Built in 1901-1902 in Southwest Germantown, Philadelphia, this two-story stone school on Pulaski Street was designed in the Colonial Revival style by Lloyd Titus, with Harry Kuemmerle as builder. The building has five bays and a slightly projected central pavilion topped by a gable. A heavily ornamented portico with a pedimented gable and Doric columns fronts the central ground-floor opening, and circular openings flank it. The second floor has an arched central window, and the cornice is modillioned. It was designed to ease overcrowding at the neighboring Daniel L. Keyser School, so it contained only four classrooms. Its central front entrance is unusual among the schools of its period. The building is important as one of the few surviving works by Titus, a significant turn-of-the-century school designer. It was later used for industrial purposes and now serves as a church.","period_of_significance":"1901-1902","architect_builder":"Lloyd Titus (architect); Harry Kuemmerle (builder)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a church; a second building erected later and not connected to the school is excluded from the nominated property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.438465-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002312.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002312/cc47649d17-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002312/cc47649d17-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meehan_School_gate.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meehan_School_gate.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/71993573","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Meehan_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7792368"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/meehan-thomas-school-88002312/"}