Russell H. Conwell School [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Conwell Middle Magnet School
Conwell Middle Magnet School is a historic middle school located in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a magnet school in the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1925–1926. It is a three-story, nine-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Late Gothic Revival style. It features a central arched entryway with stone surround, stone two-story bay, and carved stone panels. The school was named for
is now the Temple Performing Arts Center, located at 1837 North Broad Street, Philadelphia.
Growth under Russell Conwell.
In 1882, Russell H. Conwell was appointed pastor of the church, whose building was still under construction. The congregation grew rapidly under Conwell's energetic and charismatic leadership, and a new building, the Baptist Temple, opened in 1891. With up to 15,000 worshippers every Sunday, it was both one of the first examples of an "institutional church" offering social and educational programming along with traditional services