Henry deCourcy Richards (August 1854 – January 29, 1935), also spelled deCoursey Richards , was an American architect who worked in Philadelphia for the public school system.[1] He designed many public school buildings that have since been listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) for the quality of their architecture.[2] [3] His successor as school designer for Philadelphia was Irwin T. Catharine .[2] : 13
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Thomas Durham School , Philadelphia
NRHP-listed works include:
Gen. David B. Birney School , 900 W. Lindley St., Philadelphia, PA
Thomas Durham School , 1600 Lombard St., Philadelphia, PA
Feltonville School No. 2 , 4901 Rising Sun Ave., Philadelphia, PA
Benjamin Franklin School , 5737 Rising Sun Ave., Philadelphia, PA
Charles Wolcott Henry School , 601-645 W. Carpenter Ln., Philadelphia, PA
Holmes Junior High School , 5429-5455 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA
Julia Ward Howe School , 1301-1331 Grange St., Philadelphia, PA
Kensington High School for Girls , 2075 E. Cumberland St., Philadelphia, PA
Henry C. Lea School of Practice , 242 S. 47th St., Philadelphia, PA
Henry Longfellow School , 5004-5098 Tacony St., Philadelphia, PA
James Russell Lowell School , 5801-5851 N. 5th St., Philadelphia, PA
John Marshall School , 1501-1527 Sellers St., Philadelphia, PA
Alexander K. McClure School , 4139 N. 6th St., Philadelphia, PA
Jeremiah Nichols School , 1235 S. 16th St., Philadelphia, PA
George Sharswood School , 200 Wolf St., Philadelphia, PA
Bayard Taylor School , 3614-3630 N. Randolph St., Philadelphia, PA
John Greenleaf Whittier School , 2600 Clearfield St., Philadelphia, PA
George L. Brooks School , 5629-5643 Haverford Ave., Philadelphia, PA
Horace Furness Junior High School , 1900 S. Third St., Philadelphia, PA
William B. Hanna School , 5720-5738 Media St., Philadelphia, PA
Nathaniel Hawthorne School , 712 S. Twelfth St., Philadelphia, PA
John L. Kinsey School , Sixty-fifth Ave. and Limekiln Pike, Philadelphia, PA
S. Weir Mitchell School , Fifty-sixth and Kingsessing St., Philadelphia, PA
William Penn High School for Girls , 1501 Wallace St., Philadelphia, PA
Edgar Allan Poe School , 2136 Ritner St., Philadelphia, PA
Thomas Buchanan Read School , Seventy-eighth and Buist Ave., Philadelphia, PA
Southwark School , Eighth and Miflin Sts., Philadelphia, PA
Anthony Wayne School , 2700 Morris St., Philadelphia, PA
West Philadelphia High School , 4700 Walnut St., Philadelphia PA
Francis E. Willard School , Emerald and Orleans Sts., Philadelphia, PA