The Laura H. Carnell School is a historic

elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...

located in the Oxford Circle neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States at 1100 Devereaux Avenue. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. Named after Temple University dean

Laura H. Carnell Laura Horner Carnell (September 7, 1867 - March 30, 1929) was an American educator and the first dean of Temple University.(@1 March 1929)DR. LAURA H. CARNELL, EDUCATOR, IS DEAD; Associated President of Temple University Joined Its Faculty 34 Years ...

, this building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

History and architectural features

This historic structure 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 ...

and was built between 1930 and 1931. It is a three-story, eight-bay, brick building that sits on a raised basement, 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. A rear addition was built in 1953. It features stone arched entryways, stone two-story bay, and crenellated battlement with four small towers. ''Note:'' This includes This school was named after Temple University dean

and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carnell, Laura H., School School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania School buildings completed in 1931 Northeast Philadelphia Public elementary schools in Philadelphia School District of Philadelphia