Joseph H. Brown Elementary School

Joseph H. Brown Elementary School

Joseph H. Brown School, September 2010
Location 8118--8120 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°02′37″N 75°01′29″W / 40.0435°N 75.0246°W / 40.0435; -75.0246Coordinates: 40°02′37″N 75°01′29″W / 40.0435°N 75.0246°W / 40.0435; -75.0246
Built 1937
Architect Irwin T. Catharine
Architectural style Moderne
NRHP Reference # 88002250
Added to NRHP 1988

Joseph H. Brown Elementary School is an elementary school on Frankford Avenue at Stanwood Street in the Northeast Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, currently serving students from kindergarten to sixth grade.

The current school building was constructed in 1937, replacing an earlier building on the same site. The school building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine, then the Philadelphia School District's main architect, and is an exemplar of the Art Deco and Moderne schools of architecture.[1]

School uniforms

Brown students are required to wear school uniforms.[2]

History

Before 1973, J.H. Brown included grades K through 8. With the opening of Austin Meehan Middle School, grades 7 and 8 were moved from Brown School.

Principals:

References

  1. ↑ National Register of Historic Places Application (PDF)
  2. ↑ "Uniform Colors." School District of Philadelphia. Accessed November 9, 2008.

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