D. Newlin Fell School | |
Location: | 900 Oregon W. Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates: | 39.9155°N -75.1634°W |
Built: | 1922-1924 |
Architect: | Irwin T. Catharine |
Architecture: | Colonial Revival |
Added: | November 18, 1988 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 88002268 |
D. Newlin Fell School is a public elementary school located in the East Oregon neighborhood of South Philadelphia. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia, and shares a site with the George C. Thomas Junior High School. It was named in honor of D. Newlin Fell, who served as a Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1894 to 1910 and Chief Justice until 1915.
The historic building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1922–1924. It is a three-story, eight-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Colonial Revival-style. It features two projecting entrances with stone surrounds and a brick parapet.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Students zoned to Fell are zoned to South Philadelphia High School.[2]