David Landreth School
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David Landreth School, May 2010
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Location | 1201 S. Twenty-third St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°56′16″N 75°10′54″W / 39.9377°N 75.1817°WCoordinates: 39°56′16″N 75°10′54″W / 39.9377°N 75.1817°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1889 |
Built by | Charles McCaul |
Architect | Joseph W. Anshutz |
Architectural style | Gothic |
MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
NRHP Reference # | 86003299 |
Added to NRHP | December 4, 1986 |
David Landreth School is a historic school building located in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1889, and is a two-story, three bay, brick building with a stone foundation in the Gothic Revival-style. A three-story, nine bay yellow brick addition was built in 1928. It features a large corbelled brick cornice, sandstone sills and lintels, and three large brick chimneys with corbelled caps. The school was named after the founder of the D. Landreth Seed Company.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.