Roosevelt Elementary School is a historic
K–8 school
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located in the
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neighborhood of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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. It is part of the
School District of Philadelphia
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. The building was designed by
Irwin T. Catharine
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and built in 1922–1924. It is a three-story, 17 bay, brick building on a raised basement in the
Colonial Revival
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-style. It features a central projecting entrance pavilion of brick and stone, with stone pilasters, and a stone cornice and brick
parapet
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.
[ ''Note:'' This includes ] The school was named for President
Theodore Roosevelt
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.
The building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1988.
In spring 2013 the school had about 320 students in grades 7 and 8. That year Robert Fulton Elementary School, less than walking distance, closed, and its students, from the former school zone in the center of Germantown, were moved to Roosevelt. Principal Byron Ryan began his term in fall 2013; at that time the school was understaffed due to layoffs.
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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
School buildings completed in 1924
Northwest Philadelphia
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Public elementary schools in Philadelphia
Public middle schools in Pennsylvania
1924 establishments in Pennsylvania
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