George Sharswood School

George Sharswood School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
George Sharswood School, May 2010
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Location	2300 S. 2nd St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°55′07″N75°09′03″W / 39.9187°N 75.1508°W / 39.9187; -75.1508
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1906–1908
Built by	Charles McCaul Co.
Architect	Henry deCourcy Richards
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.	88002320 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 18, 1988

George W. Sharswood School is a K-8 school located in the Whitman neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia.

History

The school building was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1906–1908. It is a three-story, seven-bay, brick building in the Colonial Revival-style. It features projecting end bays with entrances, a large stone cornice, and brick and stone parapet. ^[2] George Sharswood was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, a Philadelphia city council member and a judge. ^[3] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. ^[1]

In 2008 Jack Stollsteimer, a former U.S. attorney, ^[4] and an area school safety advocate, criticized the school after the principal failed to report an assault of a student in a timely manner. ^[5] As a result, the school district demanded more thorough reporting from its schools, and the rate of reported incidents sharply increased. ^[4]

Feeder patterns

Neighborhoods assigned to Sharswood are also assigned to Furness High School. ^{[6] [7]}

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 Sharswood, George, School. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 7, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)
3. "George Sharswood". archives.house.state.pa.us. Archives Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
4. Snyder, Susan, John Sullivan, Kristen A. Graham, and Dylan Purcell. "Underreporting Hides Violence" (Archive). Philadelphia Inquirer . Monday March 28, 2011. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.
5. Snyder, Susan. "School assault response faulted A Phila. district official said the complaints of an eighth-grade girl should have been addressed immediately." (Archive). Philadelphia Inquirer . January 16, 2008. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.
6. "A Directory of High Schools for 2009 Admissions" (Archive). School District of Philadelphia. p. 15 (PDF p/ 17/40). Accessed November 6, 2008.
7. "Horace Furness High School Geographic Boundaries" (Archive). School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on October 4, 2011.

External links

• George Sharswood School at School District of Philadelphia
• George Sharswood Elementary School at Weebly
• Sharswood School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
• "George Sharswood Elementary School Geographic Boundaries" (Archive).