{"nrhp_refnum":"86003333","name":"Spring Garden School No. 2","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Melon St. S of Twelfth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.964983381000025,"lon":-75.15628591399997,"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":"Spring Garden School No. 2 is a school building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed in the Art Deco style. The document does not give a construction date or architect's name in the text provided.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an unusually detailed and colored example of Art Deco public school design by the Philadelphia school district's Office of the Superintendent. Its orange brick is described as unlike other Art Deco school buildings in the city. The building is also described as an intact example of Art Deco academic design.","narrative":"Spring Garden School No. 2 is a school building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed in the Art Deco style. Its most distinctive feature is its orange brick, which sets it apart from the other Art Deco school buildings in the city. The building follows a popular school plan and is detailed with rich textures and materials. Its design is meant to resemble a fortress, complete with flag staffs. The school was designed under the Office of the Superintendent, which gave school buildings a high profile in their communities and placed them to stand out from surrounding architecture. The building is regarded as an intact example of Art Deco academic design. It is considered important because its unusually detailed and colored exterior represents Art Deco public school design in Philadelphia. The surviving documentation does not give a construction date or the name of its architect.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":[],"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 17:11:33.022-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86003333.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003333/9add6246e7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003333/9add6246e7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spring_Garden_School_No_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spring_Garden_School_No_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993488","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Garden_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7580515"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/spring-garden-school-no-2-86003333/"}