title: Hamilton Disston School
text: # Hamilton Disston School
  
  The Hamilton Disston Elementary School is an historic K-8 school which is located in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  
  Part of the School District of Philadelphia, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
  
  ## History and architectural features
  
  The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1923 and 1924. It is a three-story, nine-bay, brick structure which sits on a raised basement. It was designed in the Colonial Revival style, and features a central projecting entrance pavilion, stone arched surrounds, and stone cornice and brick parapet. The school is named after Hamilton Disston.
  
  The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
  
  