{"nrhp_refnum":"88002305","name":"Paterson, John M., School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7001 Buist Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.916192641000066,"lon":-75.23679562299998,"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 a raised basement at 7001 Buist Avenue in Philadelphia, built in 1920-1921 for the School District of Philadelphia. It was originally named for William T. Tilden and is now known as the John M. Patterson School.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building represents the early work of the Catharine era and the transitional phase of school design after 1918. It is one of three schools built from the same Type Number 136 design, which marks the period when Cassell and Catharine began to move away from the standards set by Richards. The form recommends its inclusion as part of the Philadelphia Schools Thematic Resource.","narrative":"Built in 1920-1921 on Buist Avenue in Philadelphia, this three-story brick school stands on a raised brick basement and was designed in the Colonial Revival manner. Its front is divided into eight bays, with projecting stair towers and entrances in the central registers, stone entryways with entablatures at the ground floor, and a stylized gable above. A stone dripcourse, beltcourse and cornice mark its floors, and the school's name is set above the central bays. The building was produced under the Philadelphia School District's architects' office, with John Cassell and Irwin T. Catharine leading the work after Richards left the School Board. It is regarded as a transitional example of school design following World War I, and it is one of three schools built from the same Type Number 136 plan. The building is listed as a contributing resource in a thematic group of Philadelphia public schools.","period_of_significance":"1920-1921","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as excellent and integrity as excellent; the school is in 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 17:11:36.094071-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002305.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002305/a7edb86191-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002305/a7edb86191-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patterson_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patterson_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993571","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Patterson_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6245907"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/paterson-john-m-school-88002305/"}