Designed by
Henry deCourcy Richards, this historic structure was built in 1915. It was a three-story, six-bay, brick building which was erected on a raised basement and designed in the
Classical Revival style. It featured a stone cornice and beltcourse and a brick
parapet. The school was named for poet
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Demolition of the school commenced on August 17, 2015, in conjunction with the plans to rebuild and widen
Interstate 95 as part of the ongoing reconstruction of the Interstate in
Northeast Philadelphia. ==References==