Joseph H. Brown Elementary School is an elementary school on

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at Stanwood Street in

Holmesburg Holmesburg began as a Village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania. It is now a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Holmesburg was named in Honor of Surveyor General of Pennsylvania Thomas Holme, who was a ca ...

, in the Northeast Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, currently serving students from kindergarten to sixth grade. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The current school building was constructed in 1937, replacing an earlier building on the same site. The school building 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 ...

, then the Philadelphia School District's main architect, and is an exemplar of the Art Deco and Moderne schools of architecture.

School uniforms

Students of this elementary school are required to wear

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History

Before 1973, J.H. Brown included grades K through 8. With the opening of Austin Meehan Middle School, grades 7 and 8 were moved from Brown School. Principals: * Ruth Brown to 1978 * Sarah Peters to 1987 * Kara Teachous to 1999 * Ellen Denofa to 2010 Joseph Brown students go on to Austin Meehan Middle.Joseph H. Brown Elementary School Geographic Boundaries
." School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on December 10, 2016. All persons assigned to Meehan are zoned to Abraham Lincoln High School.High School Directory Fall 2017 Admissions

Archive
. School District of Philadelphia. p. 42/70. Retrieved on December 10, 2016.

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Joseph H. Brown School
Educational institutions established in 1937 Public elementary schools in Philadelphia School District of Philadelphia Moderne architecture in Pennsylvania School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Holmesburg, Philadelphia 1937 establishments in Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-school-stub