{"nrhp_refnum":"86003347","name":"Wilson, Woodrow, Junior High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Cottman Ave. and Loretta St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.05138327800006,"lon":-75.06761397899999,"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 junior high school building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, constructed in 1927 and designed in the Neo-Classical style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is an excellent example of the design flexibility of School Board Architect Irwin T. Catharine. It is presented as a distinctive Neo-Classical public school design, with monumental scale and long horizontal lines that are more striking than those of Catharine's other Neo-Classical schools.","narrative":"Built in 1927 in Philadelphia, this junior high school was designed by School Board Architect Irwin T. Catharine in the Neo-Classical style, a manner commonly used for banks, courts and museums as well as schools. Catharine trained at Drexel Institute before joining the school board, where he became Head Draftsman in 1919 and Building Superintendent in 1930. Working within the constraints of a standard school plan and massing, he produced an imposing building whose monumental scale and long horizontal lines set it apart from his other Neo-Classical schools, including the W. and E. Martin and Julia Masterman Schools, which are more intricately detailed. The school is regarded as a distinctive Neo-Classical public school design by Catharine and is significant for its architecture. Its listing rests on that architectural importance, reflecting the design achievements of a prolific municipal architect working in Philadelphia during the 1920s.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (School Board Architect)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical","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 17:11:32.352131-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86003347.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003347/f9ab3a46d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003347/f9ab3a46d5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Davidt8","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phila_WoodrowWilsonSchool01.png\" rel=\"noopener\">Davidt8</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phila_WoodrowWilsonSchool01.png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993687","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_Gardens_Middle_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8033210"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/wilson-woodrow-junior-high-school-86003347/"}