{"nrhp_refnum":"86003265","name":"Boone, Daniel, School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hancock and Wildey Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.96087205200007,"lon":-75.12934652799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-12-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A school building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, constructed in 1926, known as the Daniel Boone School.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an excellent and intact example of the vertically oriented Gothicized school design associated with Superintendent Irwin T. Catharine. It notes the building is smaller than many contemporaries yet uses the double loaded corridor plan favored by the School Board for larger schools. Its arcaded walls, paired Gothic arches and mosaic tile ornament are said to reflect Art Deco influence, and few school buildings in this mode match its sophistication and integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1926 in Philadelphia, the Daniel Boone School was designed by Irwin T. Catharine, who trained in architecture at Drexel Institute before joining the city's School Board. Catharine had succeeded H. deCoursey Richards as Head Draftsman in 1919 and later became superintendent, succeeding John D. Cassell in 1930. Working within the standard school plan and massing of the period, he used tall windows and wall surfaces to give the building a strong vertical emphasis with an almost ecclesiastical character. Its features include arcaded walls, paired Gothic arches and colorful mosaic tile ornament. The building uses the double loaded corridor plan that the School Board favored for larger schools, though it is smaller than many of its contemporaries. It is regarded as an excellent, intact example of this design approach, with a level of sophistication and integrity that few comparable Art Deco influenced school buildings of the era achieve.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect)","architectural_style":"Gothicized school building with Art Deco influence","criteria":["C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.653508-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86003265.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003265/1437dd7697-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003265/1437dd7697-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boone_School_Philly_A.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boone_School_Philly_A.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993603","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5216625"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/boone-daniel-school-86003265/"}