Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus

William Shoemaker Junior High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
William Shoemaker Junior High School, June 2010
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Location	5301 Media St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°58′34″N75°13′42″W / 39.9761°N 75.2283°W / 39.9761; -75.2283
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1925
Architect	Irwin T. Catharine
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Academic Gothic
MPS	Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.	86003328 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 4, 1986

The Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus, formerly the William Shoemaker Junior High School, is a historic, American high school/middle school that is located in the Carroll Park neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is currently a charter school run by Mastery Charter Schools.

NBA center Wilt Chamberlain attended the school.

History and architectural features

The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1925. It is a four-story, fourteen-bay, reinforced concrete, yellow brick-faced building. Designed in the Late Gothic Revival style, it features a central projecting entrance bay with Gothic arched door, thin brick piers with decorative caps, and brick panels in a herringbone pattern. ^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. B. Mintz (July 1986). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Shoemaker, William, Junior High School. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 8, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

• Official website