Henry C. Lea School of Practice
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Henry C. Lea School of Practice, September 2010
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| Location | 242 S. 47th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1914 |
| Built by | Cramp & Co. |
| Architect | Richards, Henry deCourcy |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 88002291[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
Henry C. Lea School of Practice is a historic school building located in the Walnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built by Cramp & Co. in 1914. It is a three-story, five bay, reinforced concrete building faced with brick and with terra cotta and granite trim in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It sits on a raised basement. It features a Classical limestone center entrance surround, a central two-story bay window, decorative panels, crenelated parapet, and a projecting entrance bay. It was used as an "observation school" for teacher education and training.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
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