{"nrhp_refnum":"88002243","name":"Wolf, George, School","other_names":["Bartram High School Annex"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8100 Lyons Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.89853898800004,"lon":-75.23381040399994,"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 yellow brick school building on a raised brick basement at 8100 Lyons Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1926-1927 from designs by Irwin T. Catharine. It was known as the George Wolf School and later as the Bartram High School Annex.","why_significant":"The building is an example of one of Catharine's principal school design types, School Board Type Number 150, and is the only building erected strictly from that design. The nomination argues it warrants listing under Architecture as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic District, despite window replacements around 1985-1986.","narrative":"Built in 1926-1927 at 8100 Lyons Avenue in Philadelphia, this three-story school is faced in yellow brick and rests on a raised brick basement. Designed by Irwin T. Catharine in the Late Gothic Revival style, it has projecting end bays with stone surrounds and carved decorative panels, a recessed main facade, and a central entrance with an arched door opening beneath a two-story stone bay. A crenellated parapet crowns the building, with carved stone highlighting the parapet above the entrance. The design follows the exterior plan Catharine used for the John Story Jenks and Andrew Morrison Schools in 1922-1924, but with many stone embellishments omitted. It is the only building erected strictly from School Board Type Number 150. Its significance lies in representing one of Catharine's principal school design types. The building was constructed as the George Wolf School and later used as the Bartram High School Annex. Its windows were replaced around 1985-1986.","period_of_significance":"1926-1927","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect); unknown (builder)","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as good; windows replaced around 1985-1986; present use listed as school.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.282092-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002243.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002243/67d52b27d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002243/67d52b27d5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G_Wolf_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G_Wolf_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993629","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wolf_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5546467"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/wolf-george-school-88002243/"}