The public school buildings of the city of Philadelphia from 1745 to 1845 / by Franklin Davenport Edmunds ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edmunds, Franklin Davenport, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

School buildings.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

3 pages leaves, 189 pages : plates, diagrams (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : [publisher not identified], 1913.

Notes:

"This edition is limited to fifty copies."

Bound in publisher's green buckram, gilt titling on spine.

"Where it was available, data for each of the over 90 schools is given including its location, ownership history of the land, building contract or lot purchase dates, price (including cost per class room and cost per cubic foot), heating provisions, and number of classrooms. Most of the entries include a section of Remarks providing additional data and historical information. For each school, there is a hand-colored diagram or plat map showing the street locations and dimensions of each school lot. The architectural data was compiled from the files of the city's Superintendent of Buildings and the Board of Controllers of the Public Schools."--vendor's description.

Includes bibliographical references (page 189).

Local Notes:

Fine Arts Rare copy is number 37.

Fine Arts Rare copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2018 from Ian Brabner, Rare Americana.

Cited in:

Roos, Frank John, Writings on early American architecture, 1588, page 145

OCLC:

3733077