Charles S. Foos Elementary School

	Charles S. Foos Elementary School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	Charles S. Foos Elementary School, March 2011
Location	Douglass and Weiser Sts., Reading, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°20′52″N 75°56′18″W / 40.34778°N 75.93833°W
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1903, 1912, 1921
Architect	Scholl, Edward
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	83004191
Added to NRHP	November 10, 1983

Charles S. Foos Elementary School, also known as Douglass and Weiser School, is a historic elementary school building located at Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1903 and was expanded and renovated in 1912. A small addition was built in 1921. It was originally in the Romanesque Revival style, but transformed to the Classical Revival style with the renovations. The C-shaped brick building contains 21 classrooms and an auditorium that seats over 200. The school closed in 1979.^[2] Part of the very large school building is now a nursery school, and part condominiums.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1] It is located in the Queen Anne Historic District.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2012. Note: This includes Ricki Hurwitz (July 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Charles S. Foos Elementary School" (PDF). Retrieved September 8, 2012.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2012. Note: This includes Ricki Hurwitz (July 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Charles S. Foos Elementary School" (PDF). Retrieved September 8, 2012.

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