Henry C. Lea Elementary School

Henry C. Lea School of Practice
Henry C. Lea School of Practice, September 2010
Location4700 Locust Street.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′16″N 75°12′59″W / 39.9545°N 75.2163°W / 39.9545; -75.2163
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1914
Built byCramp & Co.
ArchitectHenry deCourcy Richards
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPSPhiladelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.88002291[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1988

Henry C. Lea Elementary School is a historic elementary schoolin the Walnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is supported by University of Pennsylvania through a program where 15 different departments and or centers at Penn work with Lea school students and staff[2] Part of the School District of Philadelphia, it was named after the publisher, civic activist and historian Henry Charles Lea.[3]

History and architectural features

The building was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built by Cramp & Co. in 1914. It is a three-story, five-bay, reinforced concrete building that was faced with brick and with terra cotta and granite trim. It sits on a raised basement, was designed in the Late Gothic Revival-style, and features a Classical limestone center entrance surround, a central two-story bay window, decorative panels, crenelated parapet, and a projecting entrance bay.[4]

It was previously used as an "observation school" for teacher education and training.[4]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as the Henry C. Lea School of Practice.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Henry C. Lea Elementary School | West Philadelphia PreK–8 https://lea.philasd.org/
  3. ^ "History of Lea". www.lea.phiilasd.org. Henry C. Lea School. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2012. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Henry C. Lea School of Practice" (PDF). Retrieved July 3, 2012.
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