{"nrhp_refnum":"86003294","name":"Federal Street School","other_names":["Jackson,Andrew,School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1130--1148 Federal St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.93433984200004,"lon":-75.16323858999993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former Philadelphia public school building, the Jackson School, designed in 1924 under the direction of Superintendent of Buildings John D. Cassell by Irwin T. Catharine.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an exceptionally detailed and late example of the Academic Gothic style among Philadelphia public schools. It is said to compare favorably in detailing with the Horace Furness School, one of Henry deCoursey Richards' most ornate Gothic schools. It was built when Gothic was giving way to Art Deco and Moderne in school design.","narrative":"Designed in 1924 under the direction of Superintendent of Buildings John D. Cassell by Irwin T. Catharine, the Jackson School is a Philadelphia public school built in the Academic Gothic style. It was based on standard school design #145, which was first introduced that year, and was repeated only three times elsewhere in the city's school system, possibly because its level of detailing made it costly to reproduce. Its ornamentation is considered exceptionally elaborate for a late example of the style, and in detailing it compares favorably with the Horace Furness School, one of Henry deCoursey Richards' most ornate Gothic schools. The building was erected as the Gothic idiom was falling out of favor in school design in favor of Art Deco and later Moderne designs. For these reasons it is regarded as a significant example of late Academic Gothic school architecture in Philadelphia.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect)","architectural_style":"Academic Gothic","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 17:13:29.103648-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86003294.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003294/464c45b3e9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003294/464c45b3e9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Federal_Street_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Federal_Street_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993464","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Jackson_Coppin_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5440448"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/federal-street-school-86003294/"}