{"nrhp_refnum":"88002231","name":"Elverson, James, Jr., School","other_names":["Amy 2 &amp","5"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1300 Susquehanna Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.98579879500005,"lon":-75.15445935699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, eleven-bay school building of buff-colored brick on a raised basement at 1300 Susquehanna Avenue (also addressed 2100-2160 N. 13th Street) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1929-1930 with an addition in 1954.","why_significant":"The building is regarded as a fine example of the designs of architect Irwin T. Catharine. It is evaluated as eligible under architecture as part of the Philadelphia Public School Thematic District. The 1954 addition makes the plan L-shaped but the form is still considered a contributing resource.","narrative":"Built in 1929-1930 on Susquehanna Avenue in north Philadelphia, the James Elverson Jr. School is a three-story, eleven-bay building of buff-colored brick on a raised brick basement, set above a stone dripcourse. Designed by Irwin T. Catharine, it uses Late Gothic Revival detailing. Vertical piers run the full height of the building between the bays, emphasizing its verticality, and the central bays are recessed. The main entrance is a projecting pavilion with Gothic arches, tracery and stone-framed openings, and terra cotta or stone tracery lines the cornice. A castellated parapet tops the flat roof. The design shares elements with other Catharine schools, including the William Meredith School, built the following year to the same plan type. An addition made in 1954 extended the building behind its eastern side, giving it an L-shape. The building is considered a fine example of Catharine's work and was listed for its architecture, as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools thematic group.","period_of_significance":"1929-1930","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect); builder unknown","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as good and integrity as good; in use as a school at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.324444-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002231.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002231/c22d22bac3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002231/c22d22bac3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elverson_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elverson_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993627","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Elverson_Jr._School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6133457"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/elverson-james-jr-school-88002231/"}