{"nrhp_refnum":"88002278","name":"Harrison, William H., School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1012--1020 W. Thompson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.972104982000076,"lon":-75.15349161899996,"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 brick school building with stone trim at 1012-1020 W. Thompson Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1928-1929. It is one of the William H. Harrison School's kind, designed by Irwin T. Catharine.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is a well-preserved example of Catharine's principal School Board Type 153 design, executed in the Late Gothic Revival style he adopted in the 1920s. It notes that the building is a good example of its style and type and survived the neighborhood's redevelopment in the 1950s and 1960s. It is listed as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic District.","narrative":"Built in 1928-1929 at 1012-1020 West Thompson Street, the three-story brick William H. Harrison School rises above a raised basement and has stone trim, a crenellated parapet, and a projecting entrance with a Tudor-arched opening and the school name carved above it. Irwin T. Catharine designed it from School Board Type Number 153, one of five schools built to that plan between 1926 and 1929. Although less elaborate than some of Catharine's other work of the period, it is regarded as a well-preserved example of the Late Gothic Revival style he adopted during the 1920s. The building was one of very few in its neighborhood to survive the replacement of the surrounding blocks by the Redevelopment Authority in the 1950s and 1960s. Its design, type and survival are the grounds for its inclusion in the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic District, and it is listed under criterion C for architecture.","period_of_significance":"1928-1929","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect)","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as excellent; school use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:38.15017-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002278.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002278/bb54857dab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002278/bb54857dab-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W_H_Harrison_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W_H_Harrison_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993645","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Harrison_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8010439"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/harrison-william-h-school-88002278/"}