Girard College Complex
Independent boarding school in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Built 1833. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Girard College is an independent college preparatory five-day boarding school located on a 43-acre campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school was founded and permanently endowed from the shipping and banking fortune of Stephen Girard upon his death in 1831.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Bounded by Poplar St., Girard, W. College, S. College, and Ridge Aves., Philadelphia, PA |
| County | Philadelphia County |
| Listed | Oct 29, 1974 |
| Reference number | 74001802 |
| Built | 1833 |
| Type of place | school |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 26 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Bounded by Poplar St., Girard, W. College, S. College, and Ridge Aves., Philadelphia, PA |
| Website | girardcollege.com ↗ |
| Coordinates | 39.97362, -75.17025 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site · 1 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Nearby in Philadelphia County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74001802. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.