Robert Ralston School

Robert Ralston School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Robert Ralston School, April 2010
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Location	221 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°56′26″N 75°8′48″W / 39.94056°N 75.14667°W / 39.94056; -75.14667Coordinates: 39°56′26″N 75°8′48″W / 39.94056°N 75.14667°W / 39.94056; -75.14667
Area	less than one acre
Built	1869
Built by	G. Brinkworth
Architect	Louis H. Esler
Architectural style	Vernacular Gothic
MPS	Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP Reference #	86003321
Added to NRHP	December 4, 1986

Robert Ralston School is a historic school building located in the Queen Village neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1869, and is a 2 1/2-story, four bay, brick building with a stucco foundation in the Gothic Revival-style. It has a later addition in an industrial style. It features a pedimented front gable, a molded wood cornice, and an ocular vent opening. It was named after merchant and philanthropist Robert Ralston (1761-1836).

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.