Lydia Darrah School | |
Location: | 708-732 N. Seventeenth St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates: | 39.9681°N -75.1655°W |
Built: | 1926-1927 |
Architect: | Catharine, Irwin T. |
Architecture: | Moderne |
Added: | December 4, 1986 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 86003269 |
The Lydia Darrah School is an historic school building which is located in the Francisville neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Designed by Irwin T. Catharine, this historic structure was built between 1926 and 1927. It is a three-story, rectangular, brick building with a raised basement, which was created in the Moderne-style. It features terracotta trim, fluted columns, and an undulating parapet wall.[1] It was named for Revolutionary War figure Lydia Darrah (1728-1789).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.