David Landreth School

David Landreth School

David Landreth School, May 2010
Location 1201 S. Twenty-third St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°56′16″N 75°10′54″W / 39.9377°N 75.1817°W / 39.9377; -75.1817Coordinates: 39°56′16″N 75°10′54″W / 39.9377°N 75.1817°W / 39.9377; -75.1817
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1889
Built by McCaul, Charles
Architect Anshutz, Joseph W.
Architectural style Gothic
MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP Reference # 86003299[1]
Added to NRHP December 4, 1986

David Landreth School is a historic school building located in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1889, and is a two-story, three bay, brick building with a stone foundation in the Gothic Revival-style. A three-story, nine bay yellow brick addition was built in 1928. It features a large corbelled brick cornice, sandstone sills and lintels, and three large brick chimneys with corbelled caps.[2] It was named after the founder of the D. Landreth Seed Company.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes B. Mintz (July 1986). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: David Landreth School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.


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