{"nrhp_refnum":"88002244","name":"Beeber, Dimner, Junior High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5901 Malvern Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.98645919000006,"lon":-75.24230853199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick school building on a stone basement at 5901 Malvern Avenue (21st and Winter Streets) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built in 1931-1932 as the Dimner Beeber Junior High School.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a variation on the Type JHS-8 junior high school design by Irwin T. Catharine, which followed the Georgian Revival JHS-4 model that the document describes as the first junior high schools designed as such. It is said to retain a very high degree of integrity, and its architectural merit and place in the evolution of Philadelphia public schools are cited as grounds for listing.","narrative":"A three-story brick school on a stone basement at 5901 Malvern Avenue in Philadelphia, completed in 1931-1932 to designs by Irwin T. Catharine of the School Board. Its symmetrical facade has a center projecting frontispiece and two projecting end pavilions, with four smooth Doric columns at the main entrance supporting an entablature incised with the school's name. Projecting brick pilasters with stone bases and capitals flank the recessed windows, and a molded cornice and balustraded parapet crown the building. The design follows the School Board's JHS-8 type, which used a Neo-Classical vocabulary to convey massiveness and tradition, and is a variation on the earlier Georgian Revival JHS-4 model that introduced purpose-built junior high schools in Philadelphia. The building is listed for its architectural merit and its role in the development of the city's public school buildings. It is noted for retaining a very high degree of integrity to its original construction.","period_of_significance":"1931-1932","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","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 17:11:36.832107-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002244.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002244/701f394ae3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002244/701f394ae3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beeber_Jr_HS.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beeber_Jr_HS.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001151","name":"Fairmount Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/fairmount-park-72001151/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993725","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimner_Beeber_Middle_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5277725"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/beeber-dimner-junior-high-school-88002244/"}