Roosevelt Elementary School (Philadelphia)
Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School | |
 Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School, October 2010 | |
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| Location | 430 E. Washington Ln., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°02′54″N 75°10′31″W / 40.0483°N 75.1752°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1922–1924 |
| Architect | Irwin T. Catharine |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002317[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
Roosevelt Elementary School is an historic, American K–8 school that is located in the Morton neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
History and architectural features
[edit]This building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1922 and 1924. It is a three-story, seventeen-bay, brick building that sits on a raised basement. Created in the Colonial Revival style, it features a central projecting entrance pavilion of brick and stone, with stone pilasters, and a stone cornice and brick parapet.[2] The school was named for President Theodore Roosevelt.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
In the spring of 2013, this school had roughly 320 students in grades seven and eight. That year, Robert Fulton Elementary School, less than 1 mile (1.6 km) walking distance, closed, and its students, from the former school zone in the center of Germantown, were moved to Roosevelt.
Principal Byron Ryan began his term in the fall of 2013; at that time, the school was understaffed due to layoffs.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ^ Moselle, Aaron (2013-10-02). "Striving for order after chaotic school-year opening at Roosevelt K-8". WHYY. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Roosevelt Elementary School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
- Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- School buildings completed in 1924
- Northwest Philadelphia
- School District of Philadelphia
- Public elementary schools in Philadelphia
- Public middle schools in Pennsylvania
- 1924 establishments in Pennsylvania