Gen. David B. Birney School
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Gen. David B. Birney School
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Gen. David B. Birney School decorative panel, September 2010
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Location | 900 W. Lindley St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
Built | 1912-1913 |
Built by | Wehmeyer,H.H. |
Architect | Richards, Henry deCourcy |
Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
NRHP Reference # | 88002246[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
Gen. David B. Birney School is a historic school building located in the Logan neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1912-1913. It is a three-story, five bay, reinforced concrete building in the Tudor Revival-style. It is faced in brick and features a limestone center entrance with entabulature and decorative panels.[2] It was named for Civil War General David B. Birney (1825-1864).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
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- School buildings completed in 1913
- Logan, Philadelphia
- 1913 establishments in Pennsylvania
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