Henry C. Lea Elementary School

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Henry C. Lea School of Practice
Henry C. Lea School of Practice, September 2010
Henry C. Lea Elementary School is located in Philadelphia
Henry C. Lea Elementary School
Henry C. Lea Elementary School is located in Pennsylvania
Henry C. Lea Elementary School
Henry C. Lea Elementary School is located in the United States
Henry C. Lea Elementary School
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

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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

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  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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