Spring Garden School No. 1 | |
Location | Twelfth and Ogden Sts., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°58′6″N75°9′22″W / 39.96833°N 75.15611°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1927-1928 |
Architect | Catharine, Irwin T. |
Architectural style | Moderne |
MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
NRHP reference No. | 86003332 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 4, 1986 |
The Spring Garden School No. 1 is an historic, American school building that is located in the Poplar neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1] By 2013 the building had been abandoned. [2]
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. [3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1] By 2013 the building had been abandoned. [4]
As of 2016 [update] 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. [5]
Around 2017, the school building reopened as affordable housing for veterans. [6]
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