Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School

Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School

Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School, June 2010
Location 5401 Warrington St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°56′29″N 75°13′37″W / 39.94139°N 75.22694°W / 39.94139; -75.22694Coordinates: 39°56′29″N 75°13′37″W / 39.94139°N 75.22694°W / 39.94139; -75.22694
Area 3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built 1922-1924
Architect Catharine, Irwin T.
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP Reference # 88002321[1]
Added to NRHP November 18, 1988

Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School is a historic junior high school building located in the Southwest Schuylkill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1922-1924. It is a three-story, 17 bay, brick building on a raised stone basement in the Colonial Revival-style. It is in the shape of a shallow "W". It features a center projecting pavilion, stone cornice, and a brick parapet.[2]

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

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: Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.


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