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
Gen. David B. Birney School is located in Pennsylvania
Gen. David B. Birney School
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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