Laura H. Carnell School

Laura H. Carnell School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Laura H. Carnell School, September 2010
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Location	1100 Devereaux 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	Irwin T. Catharine
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
MPS	Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP Reference #	88002251
Added to NRHP	November 18, 1988

Laura H. Carnell School is a historic elementary school located in the Oxford Circle neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building 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. The school was named after Temple University dean Laura H. Carnell.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.