Schools

D.K. Boyd's Wayne Grammar School

Today it is the oldest school building in downtown Wayne.

One of the best known and prolific architects to have called Radnor home was David Knickerbacker Boyd. Born in 1872, some of Boyd's earliest designs were for the Wayne Estate and developers Wendell & Smith.

This was in the 1890s, when the neighborhoods of North Wayne and St. Davids were largely built, but a few lots were still to be built upon and exciting new ventures such as Overbrook Farms were on the drawing boards. David Boyd is hardly a household name in Radnor today, although his work is still immediately recognizable by anyone familiar with the township. 

This image is the first in a series highlighting D.K. Boyd's work. It is the Wayne Grammar School, for which Boyd had designed (and published) several concepts before the School District settled on this design. This elevation dates from about 1900, and shows the stone and brick building as it was built on the South Wayne Avenue site.

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Today it is the oldest school building in downtown Wayne, currently in use as the Radnor Township School District Administration Building.

Boyd became well-known as a designer of schools; among his creations were the Tredyffrin-Easttown High School in Berwyn and the Rosemont Elementary School in Garrett Hill.

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