Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus

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.

William Shoemaker Junior High School
William Shoemaker Junior High School, June 2010
Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus is located in Philadelphia
Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus
Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus is located in Pennsylvania
Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus
Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus is located in the United States
Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus
Location5301 Media St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°58′34″N 75°13′42″W / 39.9761°N 75.2283°W / 39.9761; -75.2283
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1925
ArchitectIrwin T. Catharine
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Academic Gothic
MPSPhiladelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.86003328[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1986

NBA center Wilt Chamberlain attended the school.

History and architectural features

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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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Doebley, C. (1982-06-14). "William B. Shoemaker J.H. School" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Office of Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2012-07-03. and Mintz, B. (July 1986). "Wm Shoemaker Jr. High School" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Office of Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
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