Joseph W. Catharine School

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Joseph W. Catharine School

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Joseph W. Catharine School entrance, June 2010
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Location 6600 Chester Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°55′39″N75°14′23″W / 39.9275°N 75.2397°W / 39.9275; -75.2397 Coordinates: 39°55′39″N75°14′23″W / 39.9275°N 75.2397°W / 39.9275; -75.2397
Area 2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Built 1937–1938
Built by McCloskey & Co.
Architect Irwin T. Catharine
Architectural style Moderne
MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference # 88002253 [1]
Added to NRHP November 18, 1988

Joseph W. Catharine School is a historic elementary school located in the Mount Moriah neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1937–1938. It is a three-story, six bay, yellow brick in the Moderne-style. It features a main entrance with decorative stone surround, stone sills, and stone coping atop the building. [2]

Elementary school (United States) primary education in the United States

An elementary school is the main point of delivery of primary education in the United States, for children between the ages of 4–11 and coming between pre-kindergarten and secondary education.

School District of Philadelphia public school system of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) is the school district that includes all public schools in Philadelphia. Established in 1818, it is the 8th largest school district in the nation, by enrollment, serving over 200,000 students..

Irwin T. Catharine American architect

Irwin Thornton Catharine was the chief architect of Philadelphia public schools from 1920 until his retirement in 1937. Buildings built during Catharine's tenure ranged from Gothic Revival, as in the case of Simon Gratz High School, to Streamline Moderne, as in his last project, Joseph H. Brown Elementary School. He died in Philadelphia in 1944.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Joseph W. Catharine School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.