The Joseph Pennell Elementary School is an historic, American elementary school that is located in the Belfield neighborhood of

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1988.

History and architectural features

This building was designed by architect

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 ...

and built between 1926 and 1927. It is a three-story brick building, nine bays wide with projecting end bays, and was designed 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. An addition was built in 1954. ''Note:'' This includes The school is named for illustrator Joseph Pennell (1857–1926).School website
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in 1988.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pennell, Joseph, School School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania School buildings completed in 1927 Elementary schools in Philadelphia School District of Philadelphia 1927 establishments in Pennsylvania