National Register of Historic Places
George K. Heller School
Listed federally as Heller, George K., School
Ashmead Village vicinity, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- May 2, 2001
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 439 Ashbourne Rd. (Cheltenham Township), Ashmead Village vicinity
- County
- Montgomery
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Period of significance
- 1875 to 1974
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 40.06379, -75.09905
- Reference number
- 01000461
The story
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The George K. Heller School is a former school building near Ashmead Village in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, built in 1883 and enlarged in 1893 and 1906 in the Late Victorian style, with Italianate detailing. Samuel T. Pool served as its architect and builder.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2001 under criteria A and C, with local significance in education and architecture and a Criteria Consideration G exception. Its period of significance runs from 1883, when the school was built, to 1953, when it closed as a public school.
Physical character
The building has stone walls on a stone foundation, an asphalt shingle roof, intersecting gables and a cupola, with round-headed four-over-four wood windows, arched windows and dressed stone lintels. It was altered several times, including a rear kiln-room addition by 1968, a theater configuration built in 1991, and vinyl replacement windows added in 1996.
Historical context
A public school operated on this site from 1795 to 1953. The school was renamed for George K. Heller in 1876, and the present building replaced the demolished Cheltenham School in 1883. It closed as a school in 1953 and was then converted into an arts center.