Joseph H. Brown Elementary School
Joseph H. Brown Elementary School | |
Joseph H. Brown School, September 2010 | |
| Location | 3600 Stanwood St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°02′37″N 75°01′29″W / 40.0435°N 75.0246°W |
| Built | 1937 |
| Architect | Irwin T. Catharine |
| Architectural style | Moderne |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002250 |
| Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
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 eighth grade. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.
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.