Laura H. Carnell School

Laura H. Carnell School
Laura H. Carnell School, September 2010
Location 6101 Summerdale Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°02′20″N 75°05′02″W / 40.0389°N 75.0840°W / 40.0389; -75.0840Coordinates: 40°02′20″N 75°05′02″W / 40.0389°N 75.0840°W / 40.0389; -75.0840
Area 4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built 1930-1931
Architect Catharine, Irwin T.
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP Reference # 88002251[1]
Added to NRHP November 18, 1988

Laura H. Carnell School is a historic school building located in the Oxford Circle neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, named after Temple University dean Laura H. Carnell. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1930-1931. It is a three-story, eight-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Late Gothic Revival style. A rear addition was built in 1953. It features stone arched entryways, stone two-story bay, and crenellated battlement with four small towers.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "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: Laura H. Carnell School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.


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