The Robert Ralston School is an historic, American

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building that is located in the

Queen Village Queen Village is a residential neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that lies along the eastern edge of the city in South Philadelphia. It shares boundaries with Society Hill to the north, Bella Vista to the west and Pennsport to the south. ...

neighborhood of

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. 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 1986.

History and architectural features

Built in 1869, this historic structure is a -story, four-bay, brick building with a

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foundation that was designed in the

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. It has a later addition in an industrial style. It features a pedimented front gable, a molded wood cornice, and an ocular vent opening. ''Note:'' This includes It was named after merchant and philanthropist

Robert Ralston Robert Ralston (1761 Little Brandywine, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the ...

(1761–1836). The building was added to the

in 1986.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ralston, Robert, School Defunct schools in Pennsylvania Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Historic American Buildings Survey in Philadelphia School buildings completed in 1869 School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia South Philadelphia 1869 establishments in Pennsylvania