Joseph H. Brown Elementary School

Joseph H. Brown Elementary School is an elementary school on Frankford Avenue at Stanwood Street in Holmesburg, in the Northeast Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, currently serving students from kindergarten to sixth grade.[1] It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.


Joseph H. Brown Elementary School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Joseph H. Brown School, September 2010
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Location	3600 Stanwood St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°02′37″N 75°01′29″W
Built	1937
Architect	Irwin T. Catharine
Architectural style	Moderne
NRHP reference No.	88002250
Added to NRHP	November 18, 1988

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.[2]

School uniforms

Brown students are required to wear school uniforms.[3]

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:

Ruth Brown to 1978
Sarah Peters to 1987
Kara Teachous to 1999
Ellen Denofa to 2010

Joseph Brown students go on to Austin Meehan Middle.[4]

All persons assigned to Meehan are zoned to Abraham Lincoln High School.[5]

References

"About Us Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine." J. H. Brown Elementary School. Retrieved on December 10, 2016.
National Register of Historic Places Application (PDF)
"Uniform Colors Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine." School District of Philadelphia. Accessed November 9, 2008.
"Joseph H. Brown Elementary School Geographic Boundaries Archived 2016-12-10 at the Wayback Machine." School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on December 10, 2016.
"High School Directory Fall 2017 Admissions" (Archive). School District of Philadelphia. p. 42/70. Retrieved on December 10, 2016.

External links

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