{"nrhp_refnum":"06000430","name":"Germantown Grammar School (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["Germantown Grammar School #2"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"45 W. Haines St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.03757086400003,"lon":-75.17825344799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-05-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story schist-faced school annex at 45 W. Haines Street in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, built in 1886-1887 as an annex to Germantown Grammar School #1 and designed in a vernacular Italianate style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the annex retains enough original fabric to have integrity, which earlier reviews had doubted. It is presented as a rare annex by architect Joseph W. Anshutz and as an example of the single-loaded corridor school plan standardized by him, with its stone construction and modest Italianate detailing chosen to match the surrounding Germantown buildings.","narrative":"Built in 1886-1887 on W. Haines Street in Germantown, this two-story annex was designed by Philadelphia Board of Education architect Joseph W. Anshutz to serve the nearby Germantown Grammar School. Its walls are faced in Wissahickon schist, and it has a shallow hip roof, sandstone lintels and sills, and simplified Italianate detailing, including rafter ends and stone chimney caps. Inside, a single-loaded corridor gives access to six classrooms, and much of the original plan and plaster, brick wainscot and reed-molded window frames survive. Its use as a school ended in 1937 after classes were moved elsewhere. The nomination regards it as a rare surviving annex designed by Anshutz, and it is included in the boundary increase to the original Germantown Grammar School listing.","period_of_significance":"1887-1937","architect_builder":"Anshutz, Joseph W.","architectural_style":"LATE VICTORIAN: Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Presently vacant","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.481393-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/06000430.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000678","name":"Colonial Germantown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/colonial-germantown-historic-district-66000678/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993613","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/germantown-grammar-school-boundary-increase-06000430/"}