{"nrhp_refnum":"88002316","name":"Richmond School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2942 Belgrade St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.983416515000044,"lon":-75.11041491999998,"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 2942 Belgrade Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1928-1929 by the School District of Philadelphia. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant for its place in the history of education and of school architecture in Philadelphia. It is one of a series of schools built during a 1920s building program, using a standardized Collegiate Gothic plan that Catharine used for several buildings. The form states the school possesses an extraordinarily high degree of integrity.","narrative":"A three-story brick school on a raised basement at 2942 Belgrade Street in Philadelphia, completed in 1928-1929 to designs by Irwin T. Catharine for the School District of Philadelphia. The building has nine bays with stone window surrounds, a stone dripcourse and beltcourse, and a projecting central entrance with a Tudor-arched opening and the school's name carved above it. A crenellated parapet with a stone coping crowns the facade. The design is a standard Collegiate Gothic type, Type 153, which Catharine used for five schools in different parts of the city. It was built during a 1920s program in which the district erected 77 new schools and 24 additions to meet growth in population and development. The building is regarded as retaining an exceptionally high level of integrity. Its significance lies in its role in the history of education and school architecture in Philadelphia. A non-contributing portable classroom of 1966 stands on the same parcel.","period_of_significance":"1928-1929","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect)","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current use listed as school; condition excellent","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.181187-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002316.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002316/85d06e8b38-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002316/85d06e8b38-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richmond_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richmond_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993659","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_School_(Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7330985"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/richmond-school-88002316/"}