{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = James Alcorn School | nrhp_type = | image = Alcorn School Philly.JPG | caption = James Alcorn School, May 2010 | location = 3200 Dickinson St.,<br />Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | coordinates = {{coord|39.9351|-75.1976|region:US-PA_type:edu|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Philadelphia#Pennsylvania#USA | built = 1931–1932 | architect = Irwin T. Catharine | architecture = Late Gothic Revival | added = November 18, 1988 | area = {{convert|3.5|acre}} | mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000730|title=Philadelphia Public Schools TR}} | refnum = 88002225<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }}
The '''Universal Alcorn Charter Elementary School''' is an American charter school that is located in the Grays Ferry neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.<ref name="nris"/>
Beginning in 2012 the elementary levels remained at the original building while middle school classes began to be taught in the former King of Peace Catholic School.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://southphillyreview.com/2012/09/06/james-alcorn-middle-years-academy-to-open-friday/?amp | title=Home - South Philly Review | date=22 January 2019 }}</ref>
==History and architectural features== Originally known as the '''James Alcorn School''', this building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1931 and 1932. It is a three-story, nine-bay, yellow brick building that sits on a raised basement. Created in the Late Gothic Revival style, it features two projecting entrances with stone surrounds, a central entrance with arched opening, a two-story projecting bay window, and a crenellated parapet.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993625 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Alcorn, James, School|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Jefferson M. Moak| date = May 1987| access-date=January 7, 2026 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|http://universalfamilyofschools.org/our-schools/universal-alcorn-charter-elementary-school}}
{{Schools in Philadelphia}} {{South Philadelphia}} {{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania}}
Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Category:School buildings completed in 1932 Category:South Philadelphia Category:Public elementary schools in Philadelphia Category:Charter schools in Pennsylvania Category:1932 establishments in Pennsylvania