D. Newlin Fell School

D. Newlin Fell School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
D. Newlin Fell School, May 2010
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Location	900 Oregon W. Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°54′56″N75°09′48″W / 39.9155°N 75.1634°W / 39.9155; -75.1634
Area	less than one acre
Built	1922-1924
Architect	Irwin T. Catharine
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.	88002268 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 18, 1988

D. Newlin Fell School is a public elementary school located in the East Oregon neighborhood of South Philadelphia. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia, and shares a site with the George C. Thomas Junior High School. It was named in honor of D. Newlin Fell, who served as a Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1894 to 1910 and Chief Justice until 1915.

The historic building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1922–1924. It is a three-story, eight-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Colonial Revival-style. It features two projecting entrances with stone surrounds and a brick parapet. ^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. ^[1]

Students zoned to Fell are zoned to South Philadelphia High School. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Fell, D. Newlin, School. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 7, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)
3. "D. Newlin Fell Elementary School Geographic Boundaries Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine ." School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on December 7, 2016.

External links

• Fell School
• Fell School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)