{"nrhp_refnum":"88002329","name":"Taylor, Bayard, School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3614--3630 N. Randolph St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.00699250300005,"lon":-75.13822111599995,"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 with a raised brick basement at 3614-3630 N. Randolph Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1907-1908 and designed by Henry deCourcy Richards.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an early work by Richards that distills earlier styles into a distinctive design of its own. It is described as the only example of its style, using School Board Type Number 114. It is treated as a contributing resource within the Philadelphia Public Schools thematic group.","narrative":"Built in 1907-1908 to designs by Henry deCourcy Richards, the Bayard Taylor School is a three-story brick building on a raised brick basement at the corner of Randolph Street and Erie Avenue in Philadelphia. Its front facade is shaped in a W, with Gothic-derived entrance pavilions fronting recessed stair towers. Bands of five windows fill most of the bays on each floor, and stone beltcourses divide the levels. A brick parapet with stylized rounded gable centers finishes the non-stair sections. The north end has blind arches with stone detailing above the central openings. A one-story addition from 1968 extends to the south of the original block. The building is significant for its architecture: Richards combined earlier school design elements into a new and distinctive style, and the nomination identifies it as the only building of this type. It is listed as a contributing building in the Philadelphia Public Schools thematic group.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Henry deCourcy Richards (architect); David Peoples (builder)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival/Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Good condition; a one-story addition erected in 1968 sits generally at the basement level of the original building.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.611589-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002329.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002329/909f1d3056-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002329/909f1d3056-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B_Taylor_School_Philly_A.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B_Taylor_School_Philly_A.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993589","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayard_Taylor_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4874347"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/taylor-bayard-school-88002329/"}