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Francis Scott Key School
United States historic place
Francis Scott Key School is a public elementary school located in the Central South Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia.
The historic school building was built in 1889, and is a three-story, eight-bay, brick building on a limestone base in the Late Victorian-style. It features a decorative brick corbel, small pedimented dormer, and three great flaring capped chimneys.[2] It was named for American lawyer, author, and amateur poet Francis Scott Key (1779–1843).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
Areas assigned to Key are assigned to Southwark School for grades 7-8.[3] Students zoned to Southwark and to Key are also zoned to South Philadelphia High School.[4]