1800 S. Sixteenth St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Philadelphia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 04, 1986. NRIS 86003272.
1 contributing building.
The Francis M. Drexel School was a historic school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Located along S. 16th Street, the school was designed by Joseph Anschutz and built under the direction of Charles O'Neill, Jr. The three-story brick building was built in a regular rectangular plan in the Victorian style of architecture, with three chimneys dominating its facade.: 2
The school was named for Francis Martin Drexel, whose son, banker and philanthropist Anthony J. Drexel, founded Drexel University two years after the construction of the school.
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