The Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus School was an 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 ...

that was located in the Overbrook neighborhood of

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, and was part of the

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. The building was added to the

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in 1988. Demolition of the building began in September 2021.

History and architectural features

This historic 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 ...

and built between 1922 and 1924. It is a three-story, nine-bay by five-bay, brick building that sits on a raised basement. Designed in the

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

style, it features large stone arch surrounds on the first level, a projecting entrance pavilion, a double stone cornice, and a brick

parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/breast'). Whe ...

topped by stone coping. ''Note:'' This includes The building was added to the

in 1988. Demolition of the building began in September 2021. The new school construction will be complete in June 2023.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cassidy, Lewis C., School School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania School buildings completed in 1924 School District of Philadelphia Overbrook, Philadelphia Public elementary schools in Philadelphia 1924 establishments in Pennsylvania