William Rowen School


William Rowen School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

William Rowen School, September 2010
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Location	6801 N. 19th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°3′31″N 75°8′55″W / 40.05861°N 75.14861°W / 40.05861; -75.14861
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1937
Architect	Catharine, Irwin T.
Architectural style	Georgian Revival, Moderne
MPS	Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.	88002318^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 18, 1988

William Rowen Elementary School is an historic, American elementary school that is located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Part of the School District of Philadelphia, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1] The building was named after William Rowen, who had been a member of the Philadelphia Board of Education.^[2]^[3]

History and architectural features

Designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1937 and 1938, this historic building is a two-story, five-bay, brick building that was created in a Georgian Revival / Moderne-style. It features a large stone entrance and truncated steeple.^[4]

The building, which was dedicated on May 20, 1938,^[5] was named after William Rowen, a former, three-decade member of the Philadelphia Board of Education.^[6]

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

Feeder patterns

Rowen feeds into King High School.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "5000 Join Parade Honoring Educator: Exercises at William Rowen School Hail His Services." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 5, 1938, p. 4 (subscription required).
^ "Rowen School to Be Dedicated." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 20, 1938, p. 19 (subscription required).
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: William Rowen School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.
^ "Rowen School to Be Dedicated," The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 20, 1938.
^ "5000 Join Parade Honoring Educator: Exercises at William Rowen School Hail His Services," The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 5, 1938.
^ "Martin Luther King High School Geographic Boundaries" (Archive). School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on November 17, 2016.

External links

William Rowen School (official page, School District of Philadelphia)
Who was William Rowen (William Rowen School, School District of Philadelphia)

Schools in Philadelphia

School District of Philadelphia
5-12 schools	Girard Academic Music Program Julia R. Masterman School
6-12 schools	Penn Treaty School (neighborhood)
7-12 schools	Carver Engineering and Science
Neighborhood high schools	Bartram Edison/Fareira Samuel S. Fels Frankford Benjamin Franklin Furness George Washington Kensington Martin Luther King Abraham Lincoln Northeast Olney Overbrook Roxborough Sayre South Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion West Philadelphia
Alternative high schools	Bodine for International Affairs The U School (Building 21) Central Constitution Dobbins Vocational Franklin Learning Center High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) High School for Girls Lankenau Jules E. Mastbaum Technical Microsoft's School of the Future Motivation Academy at Palumbo Parkway Center City Parkway West (Mayer Sulzberger) Philadelphia Military Academy Robeson for Human Services Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush W.B. Saul (Saul of Agricultural Sciences) Swenson Arts and Technology U School
K-8 schools	Alcorn Ethan Allen Bache-Martin Rudolph Blankenburg F. Amadee Bregy G.W. Childs (Barratt Junior High) Hamilton Disston James Dobson D. Newlin Fell Thomas K. Finletter Academics Plus Edwin Fitler Academics Plus Benjamin Franklin Academics Plus Charles W. Henry Francis Hopkinson Henry H. Houston Andrew Jackson John Story Jenks Eliza Butler Kirkbride Henry C. Lea George A. McCall Delaplaine McDaniel General George G. Meade William M. Meredith Thomas Mifflin S. Weir Mitchell Andrew J. Morrison George W. Nebinger Olney Roosevelt George Sharswood Southwark Spring Garden Edwin M. Stanton Vare-Washington
Middle schools	A.M.Y. at James Martin AMY Northwest Castor Gardens Conwell Middle Magnet Dimner Beeber (Science Leadership Academy at Beeber) Paul Lawrence Dunbar Warren G. Harding M.Y.A. for the Humanities William T. Tilden Gen. Louis Wagner
Elementary schools	Joseph H. Brown Laura H. Carnell Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus Joseph W. Catharine Kennedy Crossan Academics Plus Emlen Edwin Forrest Julia Ward Howe Francis Scott Key James Logan James R. Lowell Ludlow John Marshall Alexander K. McClure Overbrook John M. Patterson Joseph Pennell Samuel W. Pennypacker Richmond William Rowen Philip H. Sheridan James J. Sullivan Bayard Taylor Frances E. Willard

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Former private schools	St. Anthony de Padua Parish
Public charter schools	Arts and Sciences Belmont Boys' Latin Simon Gratz Hope Imhotep Institute MaST Community Mastery Mann Elementary (William B. Mann) Mastery Shoemaker Campus (William Shoemaker) Mastery Thomas Campus (George C. Thomas) Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Memphis Street Smedley Universal Alcorn Universal Audenried Universal Creighton Universal Vare Hardy Williams (Anna Howard Shaw)

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