{"nrhp_refnum":"88002287","name":"Jones, John Paul, Junior High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2922 Memphis St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.986117454000066,"lon":-75.11252762999999,"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 a raised stone basement at 21st and Winter Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built in 1923-1924. It was designed by Ketcham & McQuade in the Colonial Revival style, with Irwin T. Catharine named as contractor or builder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school represents the School District of Philadelphia's early twentieth-century program of erecting junior high schools in response to changing educational theory. It is one of eight identical buildings the district erected from a model devised by Irwin T. Catharine between 1922 and 1924, and it is considered significant for its place in the history of pedagogy and school architecture in Philadelphia. The document states the building retains excellent integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1923-1924 as a junior high school in Philadelphia, this three-story brick building stands on a raised stone basement at 21st and Winter Streets. Its front is shaped in a shallow W, with a projected central pavilion that has an arched stone entrance on the first floor, stone pilasters, and a balcony above. The flanking sections have brick first floors, triple sash windows, and recessed upper floors with stone sills and keystone-centered lintels. The design was devised by Ketcham & McQuade, with Irwin T. Catharine as builder. It belonged to a wave of school construction after World War I, when the School District of Philadelphia began designing buildings specifically as junior high schools. The school was one of eight identical buildings erected from this model between 1922 and 1924, and it was large for its era. It is significant for its role in the history of Philadelphia school architecture and pedagogy, and its integrity is described as excellent.","period_of_significance":"1923-1924","architect_builder":"Ketcham & McQuade (architect); Irwin T. Catharine (builder)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Good condition; original use as a school, present use as a school","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:38.045389-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002287.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002287/6452c9ea81-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002287/6452c9ea81-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JP_Jones_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JP_Jones_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993731","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Street_Academy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6252233"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/jones-john-paul-junior-high-school-88002287/"}