AMY Northwest Middle School

William Levering School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
William Levering School, June 2010
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Location	6000 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates	40°01′52″N75°12′47″W / 40.0311°N 75.2130°W / 40.0311; -75.2130
Area	2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Built	1894–1896, 1928–1929
Architect	Joseph W. Anschutz, Irwin T. Catharine
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Art Deco
MPS	Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.	88002292 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 18, 1988

The Academy for the Middle Years (AMY) Northwest Middle School, formerly the William Levering School, is a historic middle school located in the neighborhood of Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. ^[1]

History and architectural features

The school consists of two distinct buildings. The original section was built between 1894 and 1896, and is a two-and-one-half-story, five-bay, stone building with a hipped roofhich was designed in the Colonial Revival style. A three-story addition was built immediately to the south of the first building between 1928 and 1929. It is a brick and stone Art Deco-style building designed by Irwin T. Catharine. ^[2]

In 2012, the School Reform Commission of the Philadelphia School District closed it as an elementary school; ^[3] it then reopened as a selective admission middle school, AMY Northwest. ^[4]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Levering, William, School. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 7, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)
3. "School Reform Commission votes to close Levering; AMY Northwest to move in — NewsWorks". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
4. "AMY Northwest - the School District of Philadelphia". Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.

External links

• Official website