The John L. Kinsey School is a former
K-8 school that is located in the
West Oak Lane neighborhood of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was a part of the
School District of Philadelphia.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
As of 2017, the school building is now home to
Building 21
The Joseph C. Ferguson School is an historic American school building that is located in the Cecil B. Moore neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
History and architectural f ...
, a public high school in the innovative school district network.
History
It was designed by
Henry deCoursey Richards and built by
Cramp & Co. in 1915–1916. It is a four-story, seven bay reinforced concrete and brick building on a raised basement in
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. It features a projecting entrance bay and
limestone and
terra cotta decorative details.
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It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The district closed Kinsey in 2013. The possible options for students after the closure were
Rowen Elementary School, Prince Hall Elementary School, Pastorius Elementary School, Pennell Elementary School, and
Gen. Louis Wagner Middle School.
Kinsey Elementary
" School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on November 17, 2016.
Feeder patterns
Kinsey students were zoned to King High School.[A Directory of High Schools for 2009 Admissions]
Archive
. School District of Philadelphia. p. 19/40. Retrieved on November 17, 2016.
References
External links
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* - 1999-2005
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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
School buildings completed in 1916
West Oak Lane, Philadelphia
1916 establishments in Pennsylvania