Beggarstown School
The Beggarstown School, built c. 1740, is a historic school in Beggarstown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, now part of the Mount Airy neighborhood. It is a rare example of a school building from the colonial era. Architecture and history
The small building has one-and-a-half stories and measures  across the front, and  along the sides. A brick el in the rear was added after a 1915 restoration. The four-bay front is constructed of Wissahickon schist ashlar, and the sides of stuccoed rubble. The school was altered in 1840. A few of the original floorboards remain in the otherwise greatly altered interior. The school is owned by the adjacent St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church. While most students were part of the Lutheran congregation, some attended simply because it was the closest local school. Its teachers taught basic reading, writing, and arithmetic, unlike the more sophisticated Germantown Academy or Union School which was located about one-and-a-half miles south. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is also a contributing building in the Colonial Germantown Historic District, a National Historic Landmark Historic District. It is currently home to Alena's Café. See also
Concord School, a nearby school built in 1775

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Historic American Buildings Survey in Philadelphia
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
Defunct schools in Pennsylvania
1740 establishments in Pennsylvania
Mount Airy, Philadelphia
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Pennsylvania