Llanerch Public School, also known as Llanerch Grammar School,[1] is a former school established in 1913 that operated in the Llanerch neighborhood of Havertown, Pennsylvania. It is on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.[2] It is built in the Georgian Revival architectural style. It is not to be confused with the Llanerch School that served as Haverford Township School District's high school from 1905 to 1910, which occupied the same site that the former was built on.[3]
Llanerch Public School | |
 | |
  | |
| Location | 5 Llandillo Road Havertown, Pennsylvania 19083 |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°58′19″N 75°17′58″W / 39.972037°N 75.299444°W |
| Built | 1913 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival Georgian Revival |
| Website | llanerchschoolapts |
| NRHP reference No. | 100000855 |
| Added to NRHP | February 15, 2017 |
History
editThe Llanerch School was built in 1913,[4] and served as a public school for residents of Llanerch, Pennsylvania. Shortly after its opening, in 1913, Justice of the Peace William B. Cowan struck his head on a pipe and fell on his chin, killing him, while trying to relight a fire for the chimney of the building for the new students and teachers, who were complaining of the cold.[5]
The school closed in 1977 and was leased out to the Delaware County Intermediate Unit.[6] until the 1980s, where it remained inoperative as a school for several years.[7] There were calls to turn the school lot into a bus depot after the closure of the school's activities, but the idea did not come to fruition.[8] In 1987, the Stratford Friends School briefly relocated to the area.[9]
Protests emerged in 1986 by local residents when a developed submitted a bit to turn the building into an office complex.[10] The protests were successful and the back lot of the school's property remains a public playground.
In 2015, the Llanerch School began a conversion as a now-defunct school to an apartment complex.[11] As of 2021, the building had been fully converted.[12] The apartment maintains a motif of the school in its interior by furnishing the hallways and rooms with items from the history of the school.[13]
The school building was added to the NRHP on February 15, 2017.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Llanerch wins 3d". Philadelphia Inquirer. 1950-10-28. p. 16. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ Pennsylvania Heritage. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. 2016. p. 37.
- ^ "HPED Welcomes the Llanerch School Apartments!" (PDF). constantcontact.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ Behre, Charles H. (1933). Slate in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Topographic and Geologic Society. p. 151.
- ^ "'Squire W. B. Cowan is killed by fall". Philadelphia Inqurier. 1913-12-09. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ Klein, Julia M. (1985-02-11). "Board closer to sale of Llanerch school". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 120. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ Flowers, Christine (2013-08-10). "There are better uses for former school in Llanerch". Delco Times. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ "Times capsule: Clarification". Delaware County Daily Times. 1977-04-23. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ Hoffner, Doris A. (1999-10-03). "Stratford Friends School founders are lauded for work". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 313. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ Gordon, Suzanne (1986-07-21). "Residents aiming to halt sale of school". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 102. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ Bjorkgren, David (2022-01-29). "Llanerch School Apartments Leaves Mementos of the School It Once Was". DELCO.Today. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ Jablow, Paul (2021-05-19). "A tale of two Haverford schools: One converted to apartments, the other headed for demolition". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ Jablow, Paul (2022-01-20). "Explore the History Behind the Main Line's Hidden Architectural Gems". Main Line Today. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Form: Llanerch Public School". npgallery.nps.gov. 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2024-09-06.