The James R. Ludlow School is an historic American K-8 elementary school within the School District of Philadelphia. It is located in the Yorktown neighborhood of

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. The building was added to the

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in 1988.

History and architectural features

The school building is a Gothic Revival structure that was designed by architect

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(1883–1944) and built between 1926 and 1927. It is a heavily constructed, three-story brick building, nine bays wide with projecting end bays, and was created in the

Late Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

-style. Like many similarly-designed Gothic Revival schools in Philadelphia, it features

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, heavily tiled corridors, and a stone entrance pavilion with a Tudor-arched opening. The original school housed a sewing room. ''Note:'' This includes The school was named for the Honorable James Reilly Ludlow, or “Judge Ludlow” (1825-1886), president judge of the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, "James R. Ludlow," by Richard Vaux, January 7, 1887, p. 19-23
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in 1988. Ludlow School is located near the

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, and near Philadelphia’s up-and-coming Fishtown neighborhood.

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was a Bishop of Philadelphia who largely organized and expanded Philadelphia's diocesan school system.

References

External links

* * https://ludlow.philasd.org * https://www.greatschools.org/pennsylvania/philadelphia/1982-Ludlow-James-R-School/ *

(Architect) https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/22844 * https://www.visitphilly.com/areas/philadelphia-neighborhoods/fishtown/ * https://stjohnneumann.org
About Hon. James R. Ludlow

Picture of Hon. James R. Ludlow
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