Old Germantown Academy and Headmasters' Houses

Old Germantown Academy and Headmasters' Houses
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location:	Schoolhouse Lane and Greene St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40°1′58″N 75°10′27″W / 40.03278°N 75.17417°W / 40.03278; -75.17417Coordinates: 40°1′58″N 75°10′27″W / 40.03278°N 75.17417°W / 40.03278; -75.17417
Area:	9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built:	1760
Governing body:	Local
NRHP Reference#:	72001168[1]
Added to NRHP:	January 13, 1972

Old Germantown Academy and Headmasters' Houses is a historic school campus, the original site of Germantown Academy, located at Schoolhouse Lane and Greene Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Academy moved to a new suburban location in 1961, and the site is currently occupied by the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.

The first buildings on the campus were constructed around 1760.^[2]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

References

Philadelphia portal

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ William Travis, History of the Germantown academy (Ferguson bros. & co., 1882) http://books.google.com/books?id=qPsBAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Northwest Philadelphia