Kensington High School for Girls
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Kensington High School for Girls
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Kensington High School for Girls, September 2010
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Location | 2075 E. Cumberland St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
Built | 1916-1917 |
Built by | Reilly, Thomas |
Architect | Richards, Henry deCourcy |
Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
NRHP Reference # | 88002288[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
Kensington High School for Girls is a historic high school building located in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1916-1917. It is a 3 1/2-story, nine-bay by seven-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Tudor Revival style. It features limestone sills and lintels and a brick parapet.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
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Categories:
- 1917 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Defunct schools in Pennsylvania
- High schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Kensington, Philadelphia
- School buildings completed in 1917
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Tudor Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs