Kensington High School is a historic high school located in the

Kensington Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...

neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as the Kensington High School for Girls.

History and architectural features

This 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 ...

and built between 1916 and 1917. It is a -story, nine-bay by seven-bay, brick building that sits on a raised basement and was in the Tudor Revival style. It features limestone sills and lintels and a brick parapet. ''Note:'' This includes The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as the Kensington High School for Girls.

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* {{authority control 1917 establishments in Pennsylvania Public high schools in Pennsylvania Kensington, Philadelphia School buildings completed in 1917 School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Tudor Revival architecture in Pennsylvania School District of Philadelphia High schools in Philadelphia History of women in Pennsylvania