<p>The Bache-Martin Elementary School is a pre-kindergarten to eighth grade school which is located in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The school campus comprises two distinct buildings along 22nd Street, both of which were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>Bache School</h2><br>
<p>The Alexander Dallas Bache School was designed by Lloyd Titus and built between 1905 and 1906. It is a three-story, L-shaped, stone building, which was created in the Romanesque-style. It features a central projecting gable elaborate arched window. It is named for Philadelphia native Alexander Dallas Bache (1806–1867), an American physicist, scientist and surveyor.</p><br>
<h2>Martin School</h2><br>
<p>The Martin School, formerly known as the Martin Orthopedic School, also formerly known as Willis & Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School, was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1936 and 1937. It is a one-story, ten-bay, brick and limestone building, which was designed in the Georgian Revival-style. It features a central projecting pedimented portico with Corinthian order columns and a bell tower. It was the first school in the Philadelphia school system for physically handicapped students.</p><br>
<p>The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens  and his family from 1874 to 1891. The Clemens family had it designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and built in the American High Gothic style.</p><br>
<p>Clemens biographer Justin Kaplan has called it "part steamboat, part medieval fortress and part cuckoo clock."</p><br>
<p>Clemens wrote many of his best-known works while living there, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Tramp Abroad, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur&#39;s Court.</p><br>
<p>Poor financial investments prompted the Clemens family to move to Europe in 1891. The Panic of 1893 further threatened their financial stability, and Clemens, his wife Olivia, and their middle daughter, Clara, spent the year 1895–96 traveling so that he could lecture and earn the money to pay off their debts. He recounted the trip in Following the Equator (1897). Their other two daughters, Susy and Jean, had stayed behind during this time, and Susy died at home on August 18, 1896, of spinal meningitis before the family could be reunited. They could not bring themselves to reside in the house after this tragedy and spent most of their remaining years living abroad. They sold the house in 1903.</p><br>
<p>The building later functioned as a school, an apartment building, and a public library branch. In 1929, it was rescued from possible demolition and put under the care of the newly formed non-profit group Mark Twain Memorial. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962. A restoration effort led to its being opened as a house museum in 1974. In 2003, a multimillion-dollar, LEED-certified visitors center was built that included a museum dedicated to showcasing Twains life and work.</p><br>
<p>The house faced serious financial trouble in 2008 due partly to construction cost overruns related to the new visitors center, but the museum was helped through publicity about their plight, quick reaction from the state of Connecticut, corporations, and other donors, and a benefit performance organized by writers. Since that time, the museum has reported improved financial conditions, though the recovery was marred by the 2010 discovery of a million-dollar embezzlement by the museums comptroller, who pleaded guilty and served a jail term.</p><br>
<p>The museum claimed record-setting attendance levels in 2012. It has featured events such as celebrity appearances by Stephen King, Judy Blume, John Grisham, and others; it has also sponsored writing programs and awards. Also in 2012, the Mark Twain House was named one of the Ten Best Historic Homes in the world in The Ten Best of Everything, a National Geographic Books publication.</p><br>
<h2>Move to Hartford</h2><br>
<p>Mark Twain first came to Hartford in 1868 while writing The Innocents Abroad in order to work with publisher Elisha Bliss, Jr. of the American Publishing Company. Hartford was a publishing center at the time, with twelve publishers. He moved into a substantial home in Buffalo, New York after marrying Olivia Langdon; however, he considered moving to a more opulent house in Hartford within two years, partly to be closer to his publisher.</p><br>
<p>The family first rented a house at what was called Nook Farm in 1871 before buying land there and building a new house. Twain said of Hartford, "Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see, this is the chief…. You do not know what beauty is if you have not been here." He was attracted to the town which had the highest per-capita income of any city in the United States at that time.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and construction</h2><br>
<p>The house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter, an architect from New York City. When it was being built, the Hartford Daily Times noted, "The novelty displayed in the architecture of the building, the oddity of its internal arrangement and the fame of its owner will all conspire to make it a house of note for a long time to come." The cost of the house was paid out of Mrs. Clemens&#39; inheritance.</p><br>
<p>The home is in the style of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture, including the typical steeply-pitched roof and an asymmetrical bay window layout. Legend says the home was designed to look like a riverboat. According to A Field Guide to American Houses the house was built in the Stick style of Victorian architecture.</p><br>
<p>In 1881, an adjoining strip of land was purchased, the grounds re-landscaped, and the home was renovated. The driveway was redrawn, the kitchen rebuilt and its size doubled, and the front hall was enlarged. The family also installed new plumbing and heating and a burglar alarm. After its renovations, the total cost of the home amounted to $70,000, $22,000 were spent on furnishings, and the initial purchase of land cost $31,000.</p><br>
<h2>Life in the house</h2><br>
<p>The Clemens family moved into the home in 1874 after its completion. The top floor was the billiards room and his private study where he would write late at night; the room was strictly off limits to all but the cleaning staff. It was also used for entertaining male guests with cigars and liquor. Twain had said, "There ought to be a room in this house to swear in. It&#39;s dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that."</p><br>
<p>The children had their own area with a nursery and a playroom/classroom. Mrs. Clemens tutored her daughters in the large school room on the second floor. Clemens played with his children in the conservatory, pretending to be an elephant in an imaginary safari. He noted that the house "was of us, and we were in its confidence and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benediction."</p><br>
<p>Clemens enjoyed living in the house, partly because he knew many different authors from his Hartford neighborhood, such as Harriet Beecher Stowe who lived next door and Isabella Beecher Hooker. He also hosted several authors as guests, including Thomas Bailey Aldrich, George Washington Cable, and William Dean Howells, as well as actors Henry Irving, Lawrence Barrett, and Edwin Booth.</p><br>
<p>Clemens worked on many of his most notable books in this home, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Life on the Mississippi (1883). The success of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer inspired him to renovate the house, and he had Louis Comfort Tiffany supervise the interior decoration in 1881. He also was fascinated with new technologies, leading to the installation of an early telephone.</p><br>
<p>Clemens invested heavily in the typesetting machine invented by James W. Paige. Its first publication was Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1884. The company went bankrupt in 1894, leaving Twain with a large amount of debt; Paiges typesetting machine never functioned properly and was overcome by competition from Ottmar Mergenthalers linotype machine backed by Whitelaw Reid. The losses from these investments as well as several bank panics led the Clemens family to move to Europe in 1891 where the cost of living was more affordable. He began lecturing across the continent to recoup some money for their family. Unable to afford living in the house, Twain rented it out, returning only once in 1895. ‘’As soon as I entered this front door I was seized with a furious desire to have us all in this house again & right away,’’ he wrote, ‘’& never go outside the grounds any more forever... It is the loveliest home that ever was.”</p><br>
<h2>Post-Twain</h2><br>
<p>Katharine Seymour Day was a grand-niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe who had known the Clemens family, and she saved the Twain House from destruction in 1929. She founded the Friends of Hartford organization, which raised $100,000 to secure a mortgage on the home through a two-year capital campaign. It was carefully restored between 1955 and 1974. It took many decades to pay off the mortgage and raise money to restore the deteriorating property, as well as to retrieve artifacts, furnishings, and personal possessions. The entire process finally ended in 1974, just in time for the 100th anniversary of the house.</p><br>
<p>Admission to the Mark Twain House is by guided tour only; tours are organized around various themes. The House and Museum offer a wide variety of events, in addition to tours, such as lectures, writers&#39; workshops, and family events.</p><br>
<h3>Renovation</h3><br>
<p>The house underwent a major renovation starting in 1999, including work on the exterior wood, tile, and terra cotta brick, and rebuilding the purple slate roofs. Restoration and preservation brought the house and grounds back to the state that they were in between 1881 and 1891, when the Clemenses most loved the house. The marble floor in the front hallway underwent a historic restoration, and specialists re-stenciled and painted the walls and ceilings and refinished the woodwork to recover the Tiffany-decorated interiors. Restoration was funded in part by two federal Save America’s Treasures grants totaling $3 million. Scanning computers were also used in the restoration. In 2016, the Mahogany Suite underwent a complete restoration effort that included the restoration of the architectural woodwork and plaster, and the reinstatement of the historic wallcoverings. The home today contains 50,000 artifacts: manuscripts, historic photographs, family furnishings, and Tiffany glass. Many of the original furnishings remain at the house, including the Clemens&#39; ornate Venetian bed, an intricately carved mantel from a Scottish Castle and a billiard table.</p><br>
<h3>Financial problems</h3><br>
<p>The number of admissions leveled off at around 53,000, and the houses trustees decided that they must expand or be forced to shrink their operations. They commissioned Robert A. M. Stern to design a visitors center that would not draw attention away from the house.</p><br>
<p>The Education and Visitors Center was built adjacent to the Carriage House where the Clemens familys coachman once lived with his family. The green museum was the first in America to receive a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. The center is a $16.3 million, 35,000 ft&sup2; facility that houses artifacts from the museums collection that are not shown in the house itself. It contains a lecture hall and classroom facilities.</p><br>
<p>In 2000, the house was generating $5 million in tourism from 50,000 visitors. The Aetna foundation gave $500,000 to the campaign. The National Endowment for the Humanities gave $800,000 in challenge grants for teacher development programs, a student writing contest, and an educational website.</p><br>
<p>After building the Visitors Center in 2003, the house became financially unsustainable and launched a campaign to raise awareness and funds. In response, the state government, the governor, United Technologies, and many others contributed. As of 2011, officials of the museum said that it had recovered financially.</p><br>
<p>In 2011, staff writer Steve Courtney published a book detailing the house&#39;s history and renovations. It includes a foreword by Hal Holbrook, a trustee of the house.</p><br>
<p>Pleasant Hill Methodist Church is a United Methodist church in Pleasant Hill, Saline County, Arkansas. The church was built by Walter Overhault in 1894 to replace the previous log structure used by the congregation. Locals of various religious denominations assisted in the church&#39;s construction, and the church has also served as a community center; it also hosts the yearly community reunion each July. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 5, 1991; it represents one of the best surviving examples of the simple Greek Revival style wood-frame churches of rural Arkansas.</p><br>
<p>The Julia Ward Howe School, also known as the Julia Ward Howe Academics Plus Elementary School is an historic American school that is located in the Fern Rock neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>This building was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built between 1913 and 1914. It is a three-story, five-bay, brick building that was created in the Tudor Revival style. It features a central limestone entrance and terra cotta trim and decorative panels. The school was named for abolitionist and author Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910).</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>The George Chandler School is an historic school building which is located in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Henry deCourcy Richards, the George Chandler School was built between 1907 and 1908. It is a two-and-one-half-story, U-shaped, brick building with a raised basement, which was designed in the Colonial Revival/Late Gothic Revival-style. It features stone trim and three large arched openings.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>The Lydia Darrah School is an historic school building which is located in the Francisville neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Irwin T. Catharine, this historic structure was built between 1926 and 1927. It is a three-story, rectangular, brick building with a raised basement, which was created in the Moderne-style. It features terracotta trim, fluted columns, and an undulating parapet wall. It was named for Revolutionary War figure Lydia Darrah (1728-1789).</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>Alexander K. McClure School is a historic elementary school located in the Hunting Park neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1910–1911. It is a three-story, five-bay, brick building with a raised basement in the Colonial Revival-style. It features a three-story, rounded arched opening above the entrance, stone trim, and a rounded parapet. An addition was built in 1967. The school was named for journalist and politician Alexander Kelly McClure.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>Bayard Taylor School is a historic elementary school located in the Hunting Park neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1907–1908. It is a three-story, seven-bay, brick building with a raised basement in the Colonial Revival / Late Gothic Revival-style. It features an ornate entrance pavilion, stone detailing, and a brick parapet. The school was named for poet and author Bayard Taylor .</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>The James Logan Elementary School is an historic American elementary school building that is located in the Logan neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It is part of the School District of Philadelphia, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as the Logan Demonstration School.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1923 and 1924. It is a three-story, nine-bay, U-shaped, brick building with a raised basement. It was designed in the Colonial Revival-style, and features a central entrance pavilion, round arched surrounds, and a brick parapet.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as the Logan Demonstration School.</p><br>
<p>Gen. David B. Birney School is a historic school building located in the Logan neighborhood of Philadelphia. Originally built for the School District of Philadelphia, it was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1912–1913. The building is now home to The Lindley Academy Charter School At Birney, a charter school within the School District of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>The building is a three-story, five-bay, reinforced concrete building in the Tudor Revival-style. It is faced in brick and features a limestone center entrance with entablature and decorative panels.</p><br>
<p>The school was named for Civil War General David B. Birney (1825-1864), son of the noted abolitionist James G. Birney.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>Jay Cooke Junior High School is an historic American junior high school building that is located in the Logan neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, it was named for financier Jay Cooke (1821-1905).</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Irwin T. Catharine, this historic structure was built between 1922 and 1924. It is a three-story, seventeen-bay, brick building that sits on a raised basement. Designed in the Colonial Revival-style, it features a projecting center entrance pavilion, stone pilasters, arched entrance openings, and a brick parapet. It was named for financier Jay Cooke (1821-1905).</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>Elizabeth Duane Gillespie Junior High School is a historic junior high school building located in the Nicetown–Tioga neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1925–1927. It is a four-story, 17 bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features projecting end pavilions, arched openings, and a large stone Gothic entryway. It was named for president of the Colonial Dames of Pennsylvania and Flag Day founder Elizabeth Duane Gillespie.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The building is now vacant, although it is immediately south of the still-occupied Simon Gratz High School.</p><br>
<p>The Promise Academy at Roberts Vaux High School  is an historic, American high school building that is located in the North Central neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>Named for American jurist, abolitionist, and philanthropist Roberts Vaux (1786-1836), it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1936 and 1938, this historic structure is a four-story, twenty-three-bay, U-shaped, yellow brick building that was created in a Moderne/Art Deco style. It features projecting end pavilions, terra cotta decorative work, and a two-story, stone, Tudor-arched entryway.</p><br>
<p>It was named for American jurist, abolitionist, and philanthropist Roberts Vaux (1786-1836). Jacob C. White, Jr. served as principal from 1864 to 1896 and was the first black school principal in Philadelphia. During his tenure, White reformed the institute and became the leading figure in the field of urban education in Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>From 1977-1983, Vaux Junior Highs chess team, the Bad Bishops, won an unprecedented seven consecutive national junior high school chess championships. In 1979 the Bad Bishops were invited to a tournament in Yugoslavia by the Belgrade Chess Association. They were also invited to the White House on May 3, prior to their international trip. Vaux produced a number of successful chess players, including NM Howard Daniels, who held the record for the youngest Black chess master for 25 years. The team was initially coached by Michael Sherman, then by mathematics teacher Jeff Chesin. The team disbanded when Chesin left for another school. It was then resurrected during the 1990s by special education teacher Salome Thomas-El who later became the schools principal. During the early 2000s, the chess program disbanded again.</p><br>
<p>While teaching at Vaux High in North Philadelphia during the 2000s, rugby player Larry Conlan saw a need for his students to positively channel their aggression and started an after-school rugby club in 2012.</p><br>
<p>Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988,</p><br>
<p>The Simon Muhr Work Training School is an historic, American school building that is located in the Nicetown–Tioga neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1899, this historic structure is a three-story, three-bay, stone building that sits on a raised basement in the Gothic-style. It features a central projecting bay with stepped gable and battlement-like motif.</p><br>
<p>It was named for Simon Muhr, who bequeathed money for public education in Philadelphia, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>Notable person</h2><br>
<p>Longtime Philadelphia City Councilman at Large David Cohen (politician) was an alumnus of the school.</p><br>
<p>The General George G. Meade School is a historic elementary/middle school located in the North Central neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.</p><br>
<p>Part of the School District of Philadelphia, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, and is a contributing property to the Lower North Philadelphia Speculative Housing Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Irwin T. Catharine, the General George G. Meade School was built in 1936. It is a three-story, eleven-bay, yellow, brick building, which was created in a Moderne-style. It also has a four-story, five-bay addition, which features rounded corners, ribbon bands of windows and low relief Greek figures.</p><br>
<p>It was named for General George Meade (1815–1872).</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is a contributing property to the Lower North Philadelphia Speculative Housing Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Gen. John F. Reynolds School is a historic school building located in the North Central neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1925–1926. It is a four-story, 12-bay by 3-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Art Deco-style. It has a one-story addition on the eastern side built in 1958. It features an entrance with Doric order columns and decorative terra cotta panels. It was named for Civil War General John F. Reynolds .</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The school was closed in 2013 and sold to the Philadelphia Housing Authority in 2014.</p><br>
<p>Clara Barton School is a historic school building located in the Feltonville neighborhood of Philadelphia. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1924–1925. It is a three-story, eight-bay, yellow brick building in the Art Deco-style. It features an entrance with decorative terra cotta panels and a terra cotta cornice. It was named for American Red Cross founder Clara Barton .</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>General Louis Wagner Middle School, formerly General Louis Wagner Junior High School, is a historic middle school located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1927–1928. It is a three-story, 15 bay, yellow brick building in a Classical Revival-style. It features a projecting center entrance bay with portico and Ionic order columns.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>Students continue to King High School.</p><br>
<p>William Rowen Elementary School is an historic, American elementary school that is located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>Part of the School District of Philadelphia, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The building was named after William Rowen, who had been a member of the Philadelphia Board of Education.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1937 and 1938, this historic building is a two-story, five-bay, brick building that was created in a Georgian Revival / Moderne-style. It features a large stone entrance and truncated steeple.</p><br>
<p>The building, which was dedicated on May 20, 1938, was named after William Rowen, a former, three-decade member of the Philadelphia Board of Education.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>Feeder patterns</h2><br>
<p>Rowen feeds into King High School.</p><br>
<p>The John L. Kinsey School is a former K-8 school that is located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was a part of the School District of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>As of 2017, the school building is now home to Building 21, a public high school in the innovative school district network.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It was designed by Henry deCoursey Richards and built by Cramp & Co. in 1915–1916. It is a four-story, seven bay reinforced concrete and brick building on a raised basement in Late Gothic Revival-style. It features a projecting entrance bay and limestone and terra cotta decorative details.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The district closed Kinsey in 2013. The possible options for students after the closure were Rowen Elementary School, Prince Hall Elementary School, Pastorius Elementary School, Pennell Elementary School, and Gen. Louis Wagner Middle School.</p><br>
<h2>Feeder patterns</h2><br>
<p>Kinsey students were zoned to King High School.</p><br>
<p>The Samuel W. Pennypacker School is an historic, American elementary school that is located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Irwin T. Catharine, this historic structure was built between 1929 and 1930. A three-story, eight-bay, brick building that sits on a raised basement, it was created in a Late Gothic Revival style and features brick piers with terra cotta capitals, a projecting stone two-story bay, and four small towers at each corner. It was named for Pennsylvania Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker (1843-1916).</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>Feeder patterns</h2><br>
<p>Pennypacker feeds into King High School.</p><br>
<p>The William Adamson School is an historic, American school building that is located in the West Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Addison Hutton and built between 1879 and 1880, this historic school is a three-story, four-bay, brick building that sits on a stone basement. Created in the Queen Anne style it has two central bays that slightly project and features brownstone sills and lintels and brick piers with brownstone tops.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>David Farragut School is a historic school building located in the West Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1873 and is a three-story, four-bay, stone building in the Italianate-style. An addition was built in 1915. It features brownstone and limestone trim. It was named for Admiral David Farragut .</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Joseph C. Ferguson School is an historic American school building that is located in the Cecil B. Moore neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Irwin T. Catharine, this historic structure was built between 1921 and 1922. It is a three-story, nine-bay, U-shaped, brick building that sits on a raised basement. Created in the Colonial Revival style, it features large stone arches, a double stone cornice, and brick parapet. The school is named after Joseph C. Ferguson a judge that was a part of Philadelphia orphan court.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>The building is currently the home The U School, an innovative high school in the School District of Philadelphia. The U School and Building 21, two schools with a non-selective lottery-based admissions process, opened at the Ferguson building during the 2014–2015 school year. Building 21 relocated after three academic years, and The U School remains.</p><br>
<p>The Paul Laurence Dunbar School is an historic, American school building that is located in the Templetown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, it is a middle school in the School District of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1931 and 1932, this historic structure is a four-story, fourteen-bay, orange brick building that sits on a raised basement. Designed in the Moderne style, it features ribbon bands of windows, brick pilasters with compound capitals, and spandrel panels. It was named for African American poet and author Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906).</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is a middle school in the School District of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>Franklin Learning Center, formerly known as William Penn High School for Girls, is a historic high school located in the Spring Garden neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Henry deCoursey Richards and built in 1908–1909. It was initially an all-girls school and was one of the earliest racially integrated schools in the city. It is a four-story, brick and limestone building in the Classical Revival-style. It features a projecting center section and two-story portico. The school was named for Pennsylvania founder William Penn.</p><br>
<p>In 1970, the School District of Philadelphia made plans to renew this school and nearby Benjamin Franklin High School at Broad and Green Streets, which at the time was an all-boys school. The plans were to make William Penn and Benjamin Franklin co-ed. The district moved forward with construction of a new high school campus for William Penn High School at Broad and Master streets in the Yorktown section of North Philadelphia, which was completed and opened during the 1974-1975 academic year.</p><br>
<p>Meanwhile at Franklin High School, Frank Guido, head of the science department, proposed a different renewal idea for his school, which was to be coed like William Penn. In contrast to William Penn, Guido proposed a competency-based program at Franklin High in which students could work at their own pace based on a ten-point conversion credit system. This system allowed students who were overachievers to complete their high school requirements earlier than when they were scheduled to graduate; for instance, a student could complete the high school program in three years instead of the traditional four years. Although Guido&#39;s proposal for this program was approved by the district, the new program was moved to the former William Penn facility instead of remaining at Franklin High.</p><br>
<p>During the 1974-1975 academic year, the school and program became coed and was renamed Franklin Learning Center (FLC). It was an annex of Franklin High School during its first year of operation, with Frank Guido serving as site director. The following academic year FLC was no longer an annex of Franklin High and had become a magnet school. Guido was promoted to serve as the school&#39;s first principal. In 1992 he was promoted to a Regional Superintendent position by the school district. A year later Guido retired for health reasons. In 2006, Frank Guido died.</p><br>
<p>Today, FLC offers several disciplines or "majors" for its students, including health, business and entrepreneurship, vocal and instrumental music, visual arts, dance, and computer science. It was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1992 and 2010. The crediting program has been changed and FLC operates on a traditional grading system.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>Murrell Dobbins Career & Technical Education High School, also known as Murrell Dobbins Vocational High School, is a historic vocational school building located in the West Lehigh neighborhood of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1936–1937. It is a six- to seven-story, 14-bay, brick building in the Moderne-style. It has a one-story, stone front building. It features brick piers with terracotta tops and the building has terra cotta trim.</p><br>
<p>The school is the home of the Mustangs and the school colors are Flame and Steel. Murrell Dobbins offers 12 CTE programs: Barbering, Biotechnology, Building & Property Maintenance, Business Administration, Commercial & Advertising Arts, Computer Networking, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Digital Media, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Music Production. Dobbins athletics consist of Football, Cross-Country, Volleyball, Soccer, Basketball, Indoor Track, Bowling, Cheerleading, Badminton, Baseball, Softball and Outdoor Track.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Dobbins building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>The namesake, Murrell H. Dobbins (1843-1917), was a New Jersey-born man who became a member of the Philadelphia school board.</p><br>
<p>At one point the school had two campuses and was known as the Dobbins/Randolph Area Vocational Technical School. It had absorbed the Randolph Skills Center, named after Asa Philip Randolph.</p><br>
<h2>Notable alumni</h2><br>
<p>Benjamin Britt, surrealist painter</p><br>
<p>Hank Gathers, college basketball player</p><br>
<p>Gregory "Bo" Kimble, NBA player</p><br>
<p>Dawn Staley, head coach of women&#39;s basketball at University of South Carolina; 3-time Olympian</p><br>
<p>Doug Overton, retired professional basketball player and current head coach of the Springfield Armor of the NBA Development League</p><br>
<p>Jami M. Valentine, Ph.D., physicist, first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in physics from Johns Hopkins University; Dobbins class of 1992</p><br>
<p>Bobby Eli, Philly Soul guitarist, songwriter, producer, arranger; founding member of MFSB</p><br>
<p>Thom Bell, Philly Soul songwriter, producer and arranger</p><br>
<p>The Mary Channing Wister School, originally the Mary Channing Wister Public School, is an historic, American school building that is located in the Poplar neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Irwin T. Catharine, this historic structure was built between 1925 and 1926. It is a three-story, three-bay, brick building that sits on a raised basement. It was created in the Art Deco style. An addition was built in 1960. It features a freestanding portico with Doric order columns and decorative tile. It is named for the civic leader Mary Channing Wister, the wife of Owen Wister.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>In 2001, the building was renovated to become a new forensic science laboratory for the Philadelphia Police Department. While the facade remains true to the original design with little change, the inside of the building was completely renovated and designated a Green building. The new laboratory is called the Forensic Science Center, and is operated by the Office of Forensic Science within the Philadelphia Police Department.</p><br>
<p>The Thaddeus Stevens School of Observation is an historic, American school building that is located in the Poplar neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The school has since closed and has been turned into lofts.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1926 and 1927, this historic structure is a five-story, brick building hat sits on a limestone base and grade-level basement. Created in the Late Gothic Revival style, it features a projecting entrance bay with Gothic arch opening, round arched openings, and decorative spandrel panels. It was used as an "observation school" for teacher education and training. It is named for Congressman Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868).</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The school has since closed and been turned into lofts.</p><br>
<p>In 1998, Philadelphia based mural artist Meg Saligman painted the iconic mural "Common Threads," wherein she depicted a humanity shared across time, today&#39;s youth paralleled with classical figures. All models for the mural were local high school students.</p><br>
<p>The Spring Garden School No. 1 is an historic, American school building that is located in the Poplar neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. By 2013 the building had been abandoned.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Irwin T. Catharine, this historic structure was built between 1927 and 1928 and is a three-story, three-bay brick building that was created in the Modernestyle. It features a limestone entrance surround, a limestone parapet, and decorative tile.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. By 2013 the building had been abandoned.</p><br>
<h3>Present day</h3><br>
<p>the building had old textbooks and graffiti inside. Around that period, there was a plan to convert the buildings into apartments for disadvantaged elderly people.</p><br>
<p>Around 2017, the school building reopened as affordable housing for veterans.</p><br>
<p>Spring Garden School is a public K-8 school in the Poplar neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>The historic school building originally housed Spring Garden School No. 2. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1930–1931. It is a three-story, 16 bay orange brick building in the Art Deco-style. It features corbelled brick pilasters with capitals adorned by floral motifs and a caged rooftop play area.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Spring Garden attendance boundary includes a portion of the Center City District just north of the traditional boundary of Center City. Residents zoned to Spring Garden are zoned to Benjamin Franklin High School. over 70% of students who graduate from Spring Garden instead go to special admission and magnet schools such as Bodine High School for International Affairs, Carver High School for Science and Engineering, Constitution High School, Parkway High School, and Philadelphia High School for Girls.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 2015 a parent who participated in a lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania stated that the school nurse at Spring Garden only appears once per week, and that the school had been forced to end its Spanish as a second language program.</p><br>
<p>The former school building, located between Parrish and Ogden Streets on 12th Avenue in Philadelphia, has been abandoned since 1986. The current Spring Garden School is located at 1146 Melon Street. As of the 2023-2024 school year, 81% of students live in the Catchment Area for Spring Garden School.</p><br>
<p>In October 2017, efforts were made by Help USA (a nonprofit organization investing in supportive and housing services) to assist homeless Philadelphia veterals including 12 and an additional 37 housing units for low-income seniors.</p><br>
<p>Olney Elementary School is an historic, American elementary school that is located in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built between 1900 and 1901, this historic structure is a two-story, ashlar and smooth limestone building that was designed in the Georgian Revival style. It features a projecting pedimented center bay and arched limestone entrance surround.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Olney Charter High School, formerly the Aspira Charter School at Olney, and Olney High School, is a public high school that is located in the Olney section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>Previously part of the School District of Philadelphia, it was subsequently a charter high school; however, it reverted to a public high school beginning with the 2022-2023 school year.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The original historic building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and was built between 1929 and 1930. It is a five-story brick building that sits on a granite base with a five-story tower. Designed in the Late Gothic Revival style, it features Gothic arched openings and limestone details.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>Alumni</h2><br>
<p>Clair Blank, former author, Beverly Gray mystery series</p><br>
<p>Danilo Burgos, politician</p><br>
<p>Leon Eisenberg, former child and social psychiatrist</p><br>
<p>Florence Jaffy, former economist and researcher</p><br>
<p>Raymond G. Perelman, former philanthropist</p><br>
<p>Jerry Ross, former songwriter, record producer, and founder of Heritage Records</p><br>
<p>Al Spangler, former professional baseball player, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels, and Milwaukee Braves</p><br>
<p>Del Ennis, former professional baseball player, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and St. Louis Cardinals</p><br>
<p>Debra Sledge, singer, eldest sister and founding member of Sister Sledge</p><br>
<p>Joni Sledge, former singer and founding member of Sister Sledge</p><br>
<p>Kathy Sledge, singer and founding member of Sister Sledge</p><br>
<p>Kim Sledge, singer and founding member of Sister Sledge</p><br>
<p>Gregory Tony, Broward County, Florida sheriff</p><br>
<p>Andrew J. Morrison School is a historic school located in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It functions as a K–8 school under the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1922–1924. It is a three-story, red brick building on a raised basement in a Late Gothic Revival / Tudor Revival-style. It features carved stone decorative panels and a projecting two-story stone bay.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>The James Russell Lowell School is a historic, American elementary school that is located in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It is part of the School District of Philadelphia and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>This historic building was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards, and was built between 1913 and 1914. It is a three-story, five-bay, reinforced concrete building with brick facing and granite and terra cotta trim, and was designed in a Classical Revival-style. It features decorative panels and a center entrance topped by an entablature. The school was named for American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat James Russell Lowell (1819-1891).</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>The Thomas K. Finletter Academics Plus School is an historic, American school that is located in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>This historic building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1929 and 1930. It is a three-story, eight-bay, yellow brick building that sits on a raised basement. Created in the Art Deco style, it features a colorful arched entryway with terra cotta trim and terra cotta panels. It was named for the judge Thomas K. Finletter.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>William W. Bodine High School for International Affairs is an historic high school located in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The World Affairs Council and the school district cooperated in establishing the high school in 1981.</p><br>
<p>The school&#39;s building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1924. It is a four-story, nine bay brick building on a raised basement in the Art Deco-style. It features an entrance portico with Doric order columns supporting an entablature.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as the Thomas Jefferson School. The building and the school it previously housed were originally named for President Thomas Jefferson.</p><br>
<p>Daniel Boone School is a historic school building located in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1926–1927. It is a four-story, eight bay brick building with a two-story center section in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features an off-center entrance with arched limestone surround, decorative tile mosaic panels, and a decorative brick and tile cornice. It is named for frontiersman Daniel Boone .</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>The Goodman Brothers and Hinlein Company is an historic factory building which is located at 1238 Callowhill Street in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It is a contributing property to the Callowhill Industrial Historic District, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1909, this historic structure is an eight-story, nine-bay, reinforced concrete building with brick facing. It previously housed a dress trimmings company, lithographic printing company, and a warehouse.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is a contributing property to the Callowhill Industrial Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Currently known as Beaux Arts Lofts, 1238 Callowhill Street also has the distinction of being the first building in this old industrial zone to become a residential living space, and in 1995 to be converted into a condominium, once again setting the pace for what was to become "The Loft District."</p><br>
<p>The General Electric Switchgear Plant is a historic factory building located at 421 North 7th Street at Willow Street in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1916, and is a seven-story, seven bay by nine bay, reinforced concrete building with brick facing. It was designed by William Steele & Company for General Electric, which manufactured electric switchboard equipment there.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. A music venue, Franklin Music Hall, occupies part of the building.</p><br>
<p>The Philadelphia Wholesale Drug Company Building is an historic, American warehouse building that is located in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1927, this historic structure is a seven-story, seven-bay by five-bay, reinforced concrete building with brick and cast stone facing. It measures approximately 190 feet by 112 feet, and was built by the Philadelphia Wholesale Drug Company Building, one of the first druggist cooperatives in the United States.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>The Smaltz Building, also known as the Smaltz-Goodwin Building, is an historic, American factory building that is located in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, it is a contributing property to the Callowhill Industrial Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1911, this historic structure is a ten-story, eleven-bay by five-bay, reinforced concrete building. It originally housed the Smaltz-Goodwin women&#39;s shoe manufacturer until 1933 and was then home to a variety of clothing manufacturers.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It is a contributing property to the Callowhill Industrial Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Between 2012 and 2016 the Post Brothers development company rehabbed the Smaltz Building into the first LEED Gold certified residential high-rise in Philadelphia, opening the building as The Goldtex apartment community in January 2016.</p><br>
<p>The terminal Terminal Commerce Building, also known as the North American Building, is an historic, American building complex that is located in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, it is a contributing property to the Callowhill Industrial Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built between 1929 and 1931 by the Reading Company, this historic complex is a combined office building, showroom, parking garage, warehouse, and freight station with more than 1.3 million square feet. It measures 528 feet by 225 feet.</p><br>
<p>The front section houses offices, and is a fourteen-story, reinforced concrete, brick and terra cotta-faced building that was designed in the Art Deco style. The front facade has a central tower with terra cotta ornamentation that houses water tanks. The rear warehouse section is twelve stories tall and is H-shaped.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It is a contributing property to the Callowhill Industrial Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Today, the building serves as one of the largest interconnection and colocation facilities on the east coast of the United States. The property was acquired by Netrality Properties in March 2014, and is considered the most fiber-dense, network-neutral facility between New York and Virginia.</p><br>
<p>Northern Saving Fund and Safe Deposit Company, also known as Provident National Bank, is a historic bank building located in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The original section was built in 1872–1873, and is a two-story, light grey granite building. Additions were built in 1888 and 1903.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.</p><br>
<p>The Special Troops Armory, also known as the Philadelphia Armory, was an historic National Guard armory building that is located in the Ogontz neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1938, this historic structure is an "I"-plan, brick building that was designed in the Moderne style. It consists of a two-story front section, two-story drill hall, and a one-story rear section. The front section is seven bays wide, with the center five bays slightly projecting. During World War II, it was used to house German prisoners of war.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<h3>Present day</h3><br>
<p>Ogontz Hall is an historic, American, combined residential and commercial building complex that is located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>The Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1929, it consists of six buildings, the primary one being the four-story Ogontz Hall; the others are three stories. The buildings share a commercial front. They have Spanish Colonial Revival architecture with a limestone and buff brick exterior and terra cotta tile roofing.</p><br>
<p>The Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<p>National Bank of North Philadelphia, , is a historic bank building located in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The original section was built in 1926, and is a 10- to 11-story, limestone, brick and terra cotta building in the Art Deco style. It is topped by a three-story penthouse with a pyramidal roof.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The building was built in 1926 at the corner of Broad Street and Germantown Ave. for the Bankers Trust company. It was named the Beury Building in 1930, in honor of then director Dr. Charles E. Beury. In 1932, radio station WTEL moved its offices to the 13th and 14th floors of the building. By 1935, Bankers Trust had already moved out of the first floor of the building, when plans were drawn up to retrofit the former space into an arcade.</p><br>
<p>During World War II, Room 1018 in the building served as a rationing board office in Philadelphia. A portion of the Beury Building was also one of 28 facilities designated as an air raid shelter, and was the biggest of the 28, holding up to 2600 people, for use in both actual air raids and during drills. A new headquarters for the Selective Service opened on the third floor of the building in late 1950. In April 1961, Leo Savage, an insurance manager at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in the Beury Building, was attacked in the 18th-floor washroom by an attacker with a tire iron.</p><br>
<p>In 1985, the citys commerce department attempted to obtain grants in order to finance a $5.8 million renovation of the building, the same year it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1995, the buildings then owner, Mohammed Mizani, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally remove asbestos from the building, using the unskilled labor of homeless people from the city&#39;s Center City homeless shelter. Mizani had the illegal work done twice, first in 1988, and a second time in 1992. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail in February 1996.</p><br>
<p>In 2008, at which point the building had been vacant for almost 20 years, civic leaders pushed the building as a potential new home for displaced city offices, however these efforts failed. In 2017, Shift Capital announced plans to renovate the building into 80 apartment units, 50 of which would be for low-income renters, and the others leased to those with physical disabilities, with offices and retail on the lower floors. Leasing began in 2017, ahead of any renovations. Remediation work began on February 19, 2018, scheduled for completion in early June. In February 2018, plans were announced for an annex to the Beury building, to contain 90 one bedroom and studio apartments, in addition to 20,000 square feet of retail space. By October 2019, plans had shifted, with the Beury building being renovated into a hotel with a sit-down restaurant on the ground floor, announced by civic leaders to be a Marriott. In November 2019, the project was awarded a $477,000 state grant for sidewalks, streetlights, ADA ramps, and trees. Following public outcry, developers announced they would incorporate the locally famous "Boner 4Ever" and "Forever Boner" graffiti on the sides of the building into the redevelopment.</p><br>
<p>The Plaza Apartments, also known as Vernon House, is an historic, American apartment complex that is located in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1909, this historic structure consists of three, four-story, brick and stone buildings that were designed in the Colonial Revival style. The complex is arranged in a "U"-shape, with two narrow courtyards. The primary facade features two three-story wooden porches, with Corinthian order columns and balconies on top.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.</p><br>
<p>The houses at 1907–1951 N. 32nd St., which are also collectively known as Mansion Court, are a set of twelve historic double houses that are located in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built circa 1894, this historic structures are three-story, Pompeiian brick dwellings that were designed in the Late Victorian style. They are characterized by pressed metal cornices, roof crests, and two-story bay windows. The first floors have recessed porches with ornamental ceilings. The house at 1951 N. 32nd St. has a corner tower.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>The Suffolk Manor Apartments is an historic, American apartment building that is located in the Ogontz neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>This historic structure is a six-story, 138-unit, steel frame and brick building that sits on a stone foundation. Built in 1930 in the Tudor Revival style, it was created in an "H"-plan form with five sections, 84 feet, 6 inches, deep, and 328, 8 inches, wide. It features a crenelated parapet, half timbering with stucco infill, stone buttressing, and a main entrance with heavy oak double doors in an Elizabethan arch.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
