{"nrhp_refnum":"88002242","name":"Barton, Clara, School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"300 E. Wyoming Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.020347549000064,"lon":-75.11973219099997,"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 school building of yellow brick with terra cotta trim, located at 300 East Wyoming Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1924-1925 as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an excellent example of the Art Deco school designs of architect Catharine, and that it is one of a group of six schools built on the same model. It is said to have a very high degree of integrity. The form states that the building introduced Catharine's use of terra cotta tiles, which he later used extensively in other designs.","narrative":"Built in 1924-1925 to a design by Irwin T. Catharine, the Clara Barton School at 300 East Wyoming Avenue in Philadelphia is a three-story building of yellow brick set on a raised basement. Its main entrance is an arched opening framed by terra cotta trim and clustered pilasters, and the central floors each have five windows in a 1-3-1 pattern. The building is one of six constructed on the same model between 1924 and 1930 and was given School Board Type Number 144. It is regarded as the first building in which Catharine used terra cotta tiles, a feature he later employed extensively in his late 1920s and early 1930s designs. The school is considered an excellent example of his Art Deco school designs and retains a very high degree of integrity. It is significant under Criterion C for architecture and is part of the Philadelphia Public Schools thematic group. The building remains in use as a school and is in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":"1924-1925","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect)","architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Excellent condition; present use is school","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.790799-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002242.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002242/f493a340ae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002242/f493a340ae-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barton_School_Philly_A.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barton_School_Philly_A.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993492","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Barton_School_(Philadelphia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5125942"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/barton-clara-school-88002242/"}