George W. Childs Elementary School is a K-8 school located in the Point Breeze neighborhood of

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. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia, and the historic building it occupies previously housed the Jeremiah Nichols School and Norris S. Barratt Junior High School. The current school building was built in stages. The first building was designed by

Henry deCourcy Richards Henry deCourcy Richards, also spelled Henry deCoursey Richards, was an American architect who worked in Philadelphia for the public school system. He designed many public school buildings that have since been listed on the National Register of ...

in 1908. An expansion was built in 1926–1927 and was designed by

Irwin T. Catharine Irwin Thornton Catharine (October 22, 1883 – March 3, 1944) was the chief architect of Philadelphia Public school (government funded), public schools from 1920 until his retirement in 1937. Buildings built during Catharine's tenure ranged from ...

. The Richards building is a three-story, three-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the

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-style. The Catharine building is a four-story, seven-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the

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-style. ''Note:'' This includes The building was added to the

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in 1988. In 2010, the previous Childs school building was closed, and students were moved to the current location. In 2013 Walter G. Smith Elementary School closed, with students redirected to Childs. Therefore, by December of that year the student body numbered 800.

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(NICE) {{DEFAULTSORT:Childs, George W., School School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Art Deco architecture in Pennsylvania School buildings completed in 1908 School District of Philadelphia South Philadelphia 1908 establishments in Pennsylvania Public K–8 schools in Philadelphia