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David Landreth School

David Landreth School
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David Landreth School, May 2010
David Landreth School is located in Philadelphia
David Landreth School
David Landreth School is located in Pennsylvania
David Landreth School
David Landreth School is located in the US
David Landreth School
Location 1201 S. Twenty-third St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°56′16″N 75°10′54″W / 39.9377°N 75.1817°W / 39.9377; -75.1817Coordinates: 39°56′16″N 75°10′54″W / 39.9377°N 75.1817°W / 39.9377; -75.1817
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.



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