900 Oregon Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Philadelphia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 18, 1988. NRIS 88002268.
2 contributing buildings.
D. Newlin Fell School is a public elementary school located in the East Oregon neighborhood of South Philadelphia. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia, and shares a site with the George C. Thomas Junior High School. It was named in honor of D. Newlin Fell, who served as a Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1894 to 1910 and Chief Justice until 1915.
The historic building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1922–1924. It is a three-story, eight-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Colonial Revival-style. It features two projecting entrances with stone surrounds and a brick parapet.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Students zoned to Fell are zoned to South Philadelphia High School.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993555