Whitpain Public School

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Location799 Skippack Pike, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°9′27″N75°16′27″W / 40.15750°N 75.27417°W / 40.15750; -75.27417
Arealess than one acre
Built1895
ArchitectBaker, Victor H.; Shaeff Jr., Walter
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Gothic, et al.
NRHP reference No. 06001150 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 2006

Whitpain Public School, also known as Whitpain High School and the 1895 School, is a historic school building located in Blue Bell, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1895, and is a two-story, stucco covered stone and brick building. It is in a Late Victorian style with Queen Anne and Gothic Revival style details. It measures 37 feet wide by 50 feet deep, and sits on a fieldstone foundation. It features an entrance porch and numerous Gothic arches. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes John R. Simon (April 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Whitpain Public School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-04-21.