{"nrhp_refnum":"88002259","name":"Cooke, Jay, Junior High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4735 Old York Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.02554289500006,"lon":-75.14611046299996,"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 junior high school with stone trim at 4735 Old York Road (also addressed as 1300 Louden Street) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1922-1924 to a model designed by architect Irwin T. Catharine.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school represents the School District of Philadelphia's post-World War I program of building junior high schools designed specifically for that purpose. It describes the building as one of eight identical schools erected from the JHS-4 model in 1922-1924, and states that it possesses excellent integrity. It is nominated as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic District.","narrative":"Built in 1922-1924 to a design by Irwin T. Catharine, the Jay Cooke Junior High School is a three-story brick building on a raised stone basement at Old York Road and Louden Street in Philadelphia. Its shallow W-shaped front has a projecting central pavilion with a stone first floor, arched entrances, and the school's name carved above the third floor. The flanking sections have brick first floors, stone sills and keystone lintels, and a stone cornice below the brick parapet. The School District of Philadelphia began building junior high schools after World War I, and this building was one of eight identical schools erected from the JHS-4 model between 1922 and 1924. The contract was let in April 1922, the month after the Edwin H. Vare School. The building is significant for its role in that program, both as an early example of purpose-built junior high architecture and for its preserved design. It was listed in 1988 as part of a thematic group of Philadelphia public schools.","period_of_significance":"1922-1924","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Good condition with excellent integrity, as stated on the form; current use is not stated.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.512329-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002259.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002259/927622a817-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002259/927622a817-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JCooke_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JCooke_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993727","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Cooke_Junior_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6166508"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/cooke-jay-junior-high-school-88002259/"}