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Ralston School, 625 South American Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Ralston School, 625 South American Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Summary

Significance: Fine examples of post-Civil War public school house continuing the earlier modular plan of Samuel Sloan's "Philadelphia Plan." The "Philadelphia Plan," developed in the 1850s, provided wide, safe front and rear exits and movable partitions for flexible teaching spaces.
Survey number: HABS PA-1614

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States39.93638, -75.14775
Google Map of 39.936383, -75.1477534
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Library of Congress
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