The Richardson L. Wright School was an American school that was located in the Nicetown–Tioga neighborhood in northern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

History and architectural features

Designed by Lloyd Titus, the last non-architect to serve as the chief draftsman (1901–1905) of the Department of Buildings of the Philadelphia School Board, this school building contained three stories and was designed in the

Colonial Revival style 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 ...

with a hipped roof. It was destroyed sometime before 2008 and replaced by ball courts.B. Mintz, '' Pennsylvania Historic Resources Survey: Richardson L. Wright School'. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, July 1986. Accessed 2010-09-30. To access this file type "public" as your ID and "public" as your password. The Richardson L. Wright School should not be confused with the Richard R. Wright School, which is currently operating in north Philadelphia.

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* Photograph from the Pennsylvania Historic Resources Survey {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Richardson L., School School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Nicetown-Tioga, Philadelphia 1905 establishments in Pennsylvania