D. Newlin Fell School

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = D. Newlin Fell School

| nrhp_type =

| image = Newlin Fell School Philly.JPG

| caption = D. Newlin Fell School, May 2010

| location = 900 Oregon W. Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|39.9155|-75.1634|region:US-PA_type:edu|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Philadelphia#Pennsylvania#USA

| built = 1922-1924

| architect = Irwin T. Catharine

| architecture = Colonial Revival

| added = November 18, 1988

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000730|title=Philadelphia Public Schools TR}}

| refnum = 88002268{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

D. Newlin Fell School is a public elementary school located in the East Oregon neighborhood of South Philadelphia. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia, and shares a site with the George C. Thomas Junior High School. It was named in honor of D. Newlin Fell, who served as a Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1894 to 1910 and Chief Justice until 1915.

The historic building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1922–1924. It is a three-story, eight-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Colonial Revival-style. It features two projecting entrances with stone surrounds and a brick parapet.{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = 2012-07-07| archive-date = 2007-07-21| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H096013_01D.pdf}}| title = Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: D. Newlin Fell School| access-date = 2012-07-03| author = Jefferson M. Moak| format = PDF| date = May 1987}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Students zoned to Fell are zoned to South Philadelphia High School."[https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/2190.pdf D. Newlin Fell Elementary School Geographic Boundaries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213727/https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/2190.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }}." School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on December 7, 2016.

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