Hamilton Disston School

Hamilton Disston Elementary School is a historic K-8 school located in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1923–1924. It is a three-story, nine-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Colonial Revival style. It features a central projecting entrance pavilion, stone arched surrounds, and stone cornice and brick parapet.^[2] The school is named after Hamilton Disston.


Hamilton Disston School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Hamilton Disston School, September 2010
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Location	6801 Cottage St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°01′42″N 75°02′48″W / 40.0282°N 75.0468°W / 40.0282; -75.0468Coordinates: 40°01′42″N 75°02′48″W / 40.0282°N 75.0468°W / 40.0282; -75.0468
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1923–1924
Architect	Irwin T. Catharine
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.	88002262^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 18, 1988

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ . CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-07-04. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Hamilton Disston School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.