Bache-Martin Elementary School
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Bache-Martin School, August 2010
Bache-Martin Elementary School is located in Philadelphia
Bache-Martin Elementary School
Bache-Martin Elementary School is located in Pennsylvania
Bache-Martin Elementary School
Bache-Martin Elementary School is located in the United States
Bache-Martin Elementary School
Location801 N. Twenty-second St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°58′12″N 75°10′25″W / 39.9699°N 75.1737°W / 39.9699; -75.1737Coordinates: 39°58′12″N 75°10′25″W / 39.9699°N 75.1737°W / 39.9699; -75.1737
Arealess than one acre
Built1905–1906
Built byJ.R. Wiggins Co.
ArchitectLloyd Titus
Architectural styleRomanesque
MPSPhiladelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.86003262[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1986

Bache-Martin Elementary School is a preK–8 school located in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The school campus comprises two distinct buildings along 22nd Street, both of which were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

Bache School

The Alexander Dallas Bache School was designed by Lloyd Titus and built in 1905–1906. It is a three-story, "L"-shaped, stone building in the Romanesque-style. It features a central projecting gable elaborate arched window.[2] It is named for Philadelphia native Alexander Dallas Bache (1806–1867), an American physicist, scientist and surveyor.

Martin School

Martin School
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Martin Orthopedic School, August 2010
Location800 N. Twenty-second St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1936–1937
ArchitectIrwin T. Catharine
Architectural styleGeorgian Revival
MPSPhiladelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.86003300[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1986

The Martin School formerly known as the Martin Orthopedic School, also formerly known as Willis & Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School, was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1936–1937. It is a one-story, 10 bay, brick and limestone building in the Georgian Revival-style. It features a central projecting pedimented portico with Corinthian order columns and a bell tower. It was the first school in the Philadelphia school system for physically handicapped students.[3]

References

  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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes B. Mintz (July 1986). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Alexander Dallas Bache School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  3. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes B. Mintz (July 1986). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Martin Orthopedic School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.

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