James R. Ludlow School

The James R. Ludlow School is an historic American K-8 elementary school within the School District of Philadelphia. It is located in the Yorktown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

James R. Ludlow School
James R. Ludlow School, August 2010
James R. Ludlow School is located in Philadelphia
James R. Ludlow School
James R. Ludlow School is located in Pennsylvania
James R. Ludlow School
James R. Ludlow School is located in the United States
James R. Ludlow School
Location550 W. Master St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°58′21″N 75°08′45″W / 39.9725°N 75.1459°W / 39.9725; -75.1459
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1926–1927
ArchitectIrwin T. Catharine
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPSPhiladelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.88002296[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1988

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

History and architectural features

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The school building is a Gothic Revival structure that was designed by architect Irwin T. Catharine (1883–1944) and built between 1926 and 1927. It is a heavily constructed, three-story brick building, nine bays wide with projecting end bays, and was created in the Late Gothic Revival-style. Like many similarly-designed Gothic Revival schools in Philadelphia, it features rib vault, heavily tiled corridors, and a stone entrance pavilion with a Tudor-arched opening.[2]

The school was named for the Honorable James Reilly Ludlow, or “Judge Ludlow” (1825-1886), president judge of the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.[3]

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

Ludlow School is located near the National Shrine of St. John Neumann, and near Philadelphia’s up-and-coming Fishtown neighborhood. St. John Neumann was a Bishop of Philadelphia who largely organized and expanded Philadelphia's diocesan school system.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-06-18. The original school housed a sewing room. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1985). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: James R. Ludlow School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  3. ^ Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, "James R. Ludlow," by Richard Vaux, January 7, 1887, p. 19-23
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