Edwin Forrest School is a public elementary school located in the Mayfair neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is within the School District of Philadelphia.
It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1928–1929. It is a three-story, eight-bay, yellow brick building in the Art Deco style. It features an arched entryway with terra cotta trim, terra cotta cornice, and brick parapet.[2] It was named for actor Edwin Forrest (1806–1872).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
Students zoned to Forrest are also zoned to Austin Meehan Middle School and Abraham Lincoln High School.[3]
^ ab"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^"National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved July 3, 2012. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Edwin Forrest School" (PDF). Retrieved July 3, 2012.
^"Edwin Forrest Elementary School Geographic Boundaries Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine." School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
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