The Academy for the Middle Years (AMY) Northwest Middle School, formerly the William Levering School, is a historic middle school located in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.
William Levering School | |
 William Levering School, June 2010 | |
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| Location | 6000 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°01′52″N 75°12′47″W / 40.0311°N 75.2130°W |
| 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 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
History and architectural features
editThe 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.[2]
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]
Both buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
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
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-07-04. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: William Levering School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ^ "School Reform Commission votes to close Levering; AMY Northwest to move in — NewsWorks". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
- ^ "AMY Northwest - the School District of Philadelphia". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-07-25.