Joseph H. Brown School
Encyclopedia
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.
Principals:
U.S. Route 13
U.S. Route 13 is a north–south U.S. highway established in 1926 that runs for from Interstate 95 just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina to the northeastern suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Morrisville. In all, it traverses five states in the Atlantic coastal plain region,...
at Stanwood Street in the Northeast Philadelphia
Northeast Philadelphia
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area of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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, United States
United States
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, currently serving students from kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
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
Irwin T. Catharine
Irwin Thornton Catharine was the chief architect of Philadelphia public schools from 1920 until his retirement in 1937. Buildings built during Catharine's tenure ranged from Gothic Revival, as in the case of Simon Gratz High School, to Streamline Moderne, as in his last project, Joseph H. Brown...
, then the Philadelphia School District's main architect, and is an exemplar of the Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
and Moderne
Streamline Moderne
Streamline Moderne, sometimes referred to by either name alone or as Art Moderne, was a late type of the Art Deco design style which emerged during the 1930s...
schools of architecture.
History
Before 1973, J.H. Brown includes grades K through 8.Principals:
- Ruth Brown to 1978
- Sarah Peters to 1987
- Kara Teachous to 1999
- Ellen Denofa to 2010