S. Weir Mitchell School | |
Location: | 5500 Kingsessing Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates: | 39.9369°N -75.2237°W |
Built: | 1915–1916 |
Architect: | Henry deCoursey Richards |
Builder: | David Peoples |
Architecture: | Late Gothic Revival, Academic Gothic |
Added: | December 4, 1986 |
Refnum: | 86003309 |
The S. Weir Mitchell Elementary School is an historic, American elementary school that is located in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
This building was designed by Henry deCoursey Richards and built between 1915 and 1916. It is a four-story, seven-bay, red brick building with terra cotta and granite trim. Created in the Late Gothic Revival style, it was erected above a raised basement and features a projecting entrance bay with oversized, arched-surround, projecting, secondary entrance bays, terra cotta quoining, and an arched gable parapet.[1]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.