# Frances E. Willard School

Philadelphia, PA · other · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-68b77a79c1` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/other/pa/philadelphia-frances-e-willard-school/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-68b77a79c1.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-68b77a79c1.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-68b77a79c1

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | reinhabit | none |
| New use | housing | none |
| What is there now | Maguire Residence, an affordable permanent supportive housing option | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1907 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2010 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Project HOME | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **architect_original**: “Henry deCoursey Richards” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Parties

- Project HOME — developer

## Timeline

- 1907: Original school building built
- 1907: Opened
- 2010: School moved to a new building
- 2010: Closed
- 2020: School building converted to housing

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Frances E. Willard School is an elementary school located in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The school is named for suffragist Frances Willard.
The original school building was designed by Henry deCoursey Richards and built in 1907–1908. It is a four-story, three-bay, E-shaped, brick-clad concrete building in the Classical Revival style. It features limestone trim, a 2+1⁄2-story overscale arched opening, and brick parapet.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_E._Willard_School

## Sources

- Frances E. Willard School — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_E._Willard_School

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Frances E. Willard School, Philadelphia, PA." Record n-68b77a79c1, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/pa/philadelphia-frances-e-willard-school/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_philadelphiafrancesewillardschool,
  title = {Frances E. Willard School, Philadelphia, PA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/pa/philadelphia-frances-e-willard-school/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-68b77a79c1, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.