Joseph H. Brown Elementary School Explained

Joseph H. Brown Elementary School
Location:3600 Stanwood St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.0435°N -75.0246°W
Built:1937
Architect:Irwin T. Catharine
Architecture:Moderne
Added:November 18, 1988
Refnum:88002250

Joseph H. Brown Elementary School is an elementary school on Frankford Avenue at Stanwood Street in Holmesburg, in the Northeast Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, currently serving students from kindergarten to eighth grade.[1] It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.

The current school building was constructed in 1937, replacing an earlier building on the same site. The school building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine, then the Philadelphia School District's main architect, and is an exemplar of the Art Deco and Moderne schools of architecture.[2]

School uniforms

Students of this elementary school are required to wear school uniforms.[3]

History

Before 1973, J.H. Brown included grades K through 8. With the opening of Austin Meehan Middle School, grades 7 and 8 were moved from Brown School.And then added back in later years

Principals:

Joseph Brown students go on to Austin Meehan Middle.[4]

All persons assigned to Meehan are zoned to Abraham Lincoln High School.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. "About Us ." J. H. Brown Elementary School. Retrieved on December 10, 2016.
  2. http://www.arch.state.pa.us/pdfs/H096023_01B.pdf National Register of Historic Places Application (PDF)
  3. "Uniform Colors ." School District of Philadelphia. Accessed November 9, 2008.
  4. "Joseph H. Brown Elementary School Geographic Boundaries ." School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on December 10, 2016.
  5. "High School Directory Fall 2017 Admissions" (Archive). School District of Philadelphia. p. 42/70. Retrieved on December 10, 2016.