page_title: Henry deCourcy Richards
hierarchical_section_title: Henry deCourcy Richards
caption_attribution_description: English: Thomas Durham School in Philadelphia. On NRHP since November 18, 1988. At 1600 Lombard Street in the far southern part of the Rittenhouse Square East neighborhood in Center City.
context_page_description: Henry deCourcy Richards, also spelled Henry deCoursey Richards, was an American architect who worked in Philadelphia. He designed many buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.
  Works include:
  Gen. David B. Birney School, 900 W. Lindley St., Philadelphia, PA NRHP-listed
  Thomas Durham School, 1600 Lombard St., Philadelphia, PA NRHP-listed
  Feltonville School No. 2, 4901 Rising Sun Ave., Philadelphia, PA NRHP-listed
  Benjamin Franklin School, 5737 Rising Sun Ave., Philadelphia, PA NRHP-listed
  Charles Wolcott Henry School, 601-645 W. Carpenter Ln., Philadelphia, PA NRHP-listed
  Holmes Junior High School, 5429-5455 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA NRHP-listed
  Julia Ward Howe School, 1301-1331 Grange St., Philadelphia, PA NRHP-listed
  Kensington High School for Girls, 2075 E. Cumberland St., Philadelphia, PA NRHP-listed
  Henry C. Lea School of Practice, 242 S. 47th St., Philadelphia, PA NRHP-listed
  Henry Longfellow School, 5004-5098 Tacony St., Philadelphia, PA NRHP-listed
  James Russell Lowell School, 5801-5851 N. 5th St., Philadelphia, PA NRHP-listed
  John Marshall School, 1501-1527 Sellers St., Philadelphia, PA NRHP-listed
  Alexander K.
context_section_description: Henry deCourcy Richards, also spelled Henry deCoursey Richards, was an American architect who worked in Philadelphia.  He designed many buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.
  Works (credits) include:
  Gen. David B. Birney School, 900 W. Lindley St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  Thomas Durham School, 1600 Lombard St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  Feltonville School No. 2, 4901 Rising Sun Ave., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  Benjamin Franklin School, 5737 Rising Sun Ave., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  Charles Wolcott Henry School, 601-645 W. Carpenter Ln., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  Holmes Junior High School, 5429-5455 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  Julia Ward Howe School, 1301-1331 Grange St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  Kensington High School for Girls, 2075 E. Cumberland St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  Henry C. Lea School of Practice, 242 S. 47th St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  Henry Longfellow School, 5004-5098 Tacony St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  James Russell Lowell School, 5801-5851 N. 5th St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  John Marshall School, 1501-1527 Sellers St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  Alexander K. McClure School, 4139 N. 6th St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  Jeremiah Nichols School, 1235 S. 16th St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,H. deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  George Sharswood School, 200 Wolf St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  Bayard Taylor School, 3614-3630 N. Randolph St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  John Greenleaf Whittier School, 2600 Clearfield St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards,Henry deCourcy) NRHP-listed
  George L. Brooks School, 5629-5643 Haverford Ave., Philadelphia, PA (Richards, Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listed
  Horace Furness Junior High School, 1900 S. Third St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards, Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listed
  William B. Hanna School, 5720-5738 Media St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards, Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listed
  Nathaniel Hawthorne School, 712 S. Twelfth St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards, Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listed
  John L. Kinsey School, Sixty-fifth Ave. and Limekiln Pike, Philadelphia, PA (Richards, Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listed
  S. Weir Mitchell School, Fifty-sixth and Kingsessing St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards, Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listed
  William Penn High School for Girls, 1501 Wallace St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards, Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listed
  Edgar Allan Poe School, 2136 Ritner St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards, Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listed
  Thomas Buchanan Read School, Seventy-eighth and Buist Ave., Philadelphia, PA (Richards, Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listed
  Southwark School, Eighth and Miflin Sts., Philadelphia, PA (Richards, Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listed
  Anthony Wayne School, 2700 Morris St., Philadelphia, PA (Richards, Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listed
  West Philadelphia High School, 4700 Walnut St., Philadelphia  PA (Richards, Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listed
  Francis E. Willard School, Emerald and Orleans Sts., Philadelphia, PA (Richards, Henry deCoursey) NRHP-listed
  His successor as school designer for Philadelphia was Irwin T. Catharine.
caption: Thomas Durham School, Philadelphia
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