{"nrhp_refnum":"88002280","name":"Jefferson, Thomas, School","other_names":["High School for International Affairs"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1101--1125 N. 4th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.968063725000036,"lon":-75.14317783599995,"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 four-story brick school building at 1101-1125 N. 4th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built in 1924 and known historically as the Thomas Jefferson School. It is currently associated with the High School for International Affairs.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant as a contributing resource within the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic District. It is linked to architect Irwin T. Catharine's middle-period work, which moved away from Colonial Revival and Utilitarian styles toward Art Deco and Academic Gothic forms. It is evaluated under Criterion C for architecture.","narrative":"A four-story brick school at 1101-1125 North 4th Street in Philadelphia, completed in 1924 and designed by Irwin T. Catharine. It sits on a raised brick basement with a limestone dripcourse and stone sills, and its flat roof is set above a nine-register front. The entrance portico has Doric columns supporting an entablature at the center of the ground floor. Several panels of diapered brick decorate the sides in the first register, and crosses set within diamonds appear at parapet level above each register. The building reflects Catharine's shift away from the Colonial Revival and Utilitarian styles of his predecessor, H. deCourcy Richards, toward the Art Deco and Academic Gothic forms that characterize much of his middle-years work. It was nominated as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic District, and the building is the single contributing resource on its parcel. Its tax parcel is 886113000, and the School District of Philadelphia is the recorded owner.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect)","architectural_style":"Art Deco/Utilitarian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as good; the building is used as the High School for International Affairs.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:38.081589-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002280.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002280/f75d972bfd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002280/f75d972bfd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jefferson_School.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jefferson_School.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993512","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodine_High_School_for_International_Affairs","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7791285"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/jefferson-thomas-school-88002280/"}