Joseph H. Brown Elementary School

Joseph H. Brown Elementary School is an elementary school on Frankford Avenue at Stanwood Street in Holmesburg, in the Northeast Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, currently serving students from kindergarten to sixth grade. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.

Joseph H. Brown Elementary School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Joseph H. Brown School, September 2010
Location3600 Stanwood St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°02′37″N 75°01′29″W
Built1937
ArchitectIrwin T. Catharine
Architectural styleModerne
NRHP reference No.88002250
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1988

The current school building was constructed in 1937, replacing an earlier building on the same site. The school building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine, then the Philadelphia School District's main architect, and is an exemplar of the Art Deco and Moderne schools of architecture.

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