{"nrhp_refnum":"88002296","name":"Ludlow, James R., School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1323--1345 N. 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.97238497700005,"lon":-75.14599743299993,"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 at 1323-1345 North 6th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1926-1927 and used as a school. Its architect is given as Irwin T. Catharine.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as a well preserved example of the Late Gothic Revival style used by Catharine in his 1920s school designs. It is said to share details with other Philadelphia schools but to be set in a unique arrangement, with a bay on the first-floor side elevation not found in other designs. It was nominated as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic Resource under architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1926-1927 on North 6th Street in Philadelphia, the James R. Ludlow School is a three-story brick building set on a raised brick basement. Its nine-bay front has projecting end pavilions with carved stone panels, and the central bays are framed by stone surrounds, lintels and sills. A one-story stone entrance pavilion with a Tudor-arched opening and the school's name carved overhead marks the central ground floor, flanked by rounded arched openings. The design of the Late Gothic Revival style reflects the work of architect Irwin T. Catharine, who used it widely in his 1920s school designs. The building is regarded as a well preserved example of that style. Its side elevations include a one-story brick bay on the south side, a feature not found in other designs by the architect. The school is part of the Philadelphia Public Schools thematic group and remains in use as a school.","period_of_significance":"1926-1927","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect); builder unknown","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as excellent and integrity as excellent; current use is school.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.891318-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002296.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002296/c38c464239-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002296/c38c464239-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ludlow_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ludlow_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993651","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Ludlow_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6141677"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/ludlow-james-r-school-88002296/"}