Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School | |
Location | 5400 Warrington Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Coordinates | 39°56′31″N75°13′35″W / 39.9419°N 75.2264°W |
Area | 3.2 acres (1.3 ha) |
Built | 1922–1924 |
Architect | Irwin T. Catharine |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002321 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
The Hardy Williams Academy, formerly the Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School, is a historic junior high school building located in the Southwest Schuylkill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]
The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1922 and 1924. It is a three-story, seventeen-bay, brick building which sits on a raised stone basement. It was designed in the Colonial Revival-style in the shape of a shallow "W," and features a center projecting pavilion, stone cornice, and a brick parapet. [2] The school was named for Anna Howard Shaw.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]
Since 2015, the school has been used as a charter school run by Mastery Charter Schools. It was renamed in honor of Hardy Williams.
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