Robert Ralston School


Robert Ralston School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Robert Ralston School, April 2010
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Location	221 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°56′26″N 75°8′48″W / 39.94056°N 75.14667°W / 39.94056; -75.14667Coordinates: 39°56′26″N 75°8′48″W / 39.94056°N 75.14667°W / 39.94056; -75.14667
Area	less than one acre
Built	1869
Built by	Brinkworth, G.
Architect	Esler, Louis H.
Architectural style	Gothic, Other, Vernacular Gothic
MPS	Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP Reference #	86003321^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 4, 1986

Robert Ralston School is a historic school building located in the Queen Village neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1869, and is a 2 1/2-story, four bay, brick building with a stucco foundation in the Gothic Revival-style. It has a later addition in an industrial style. It features a pedimented front gable, a molded wood cornice, and an ocular vent opening.^[2] It was named after merchant and philanthropist Robert Ralston (1761-1836).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "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: Robert Ralston School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.

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