{"nrhp_refnum":"88002326","name":"Stanton, Edwin M., School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1616--1644 Christian St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.94027561000007,"lon":-75.17074405099999,"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 on a raised basement at 21st and Winter Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built in 1925-1926 to plans by Irwin T. Catharine. It is one of a group of identical schools built for the Philadelphia School Board.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a clear example of the Art Deco style applied to a school, marking a break from earlier forms such as Georgian Revival and Collegiate Gothic. It is described as identical to the Mary C. Wister and Lydia Darrah Schools and retains most of its original appearance. It is listed as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic Nomination under architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1925-1926 from plans by Irwin T. Catharine, the Edwin M. Stanton School is a three-story brick building on a raised basement at Christian and 17th Streets in Philadelphia. It was constructed by McCloskey & Company under a building permit issued in 1925. Its free-standing Greek Doric portico at the west entrance is highlighted with colored tiles, and a stone dripcourse runs along the base, with a band of colored tiles beneath the stone cornice and brick parapet. The school belongs to a group of five Type 146 buildings the School Board erected between 1925 and 1929, and it is identical to the Mary C. Wister and Lydia Darrah Schools. Its Art Deco design marked a clear departure from the Georgian Revival and Collegiate Gothic styles then common for school buildings. The building is listed for its architecture and for its retention of most of its original appearance. It is one of the earliest schools in the group.","period_of_significance":"1925-1926","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect); McCloskey & Company (contractor)","architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Good condition, excellent integrity","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.233045-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002326.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002326/e61ba0ff54-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002326/e61ba0ff54-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"NMGiovannucci","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edwin_M_Stanton_School_901_S_17th_St_Philadelphia_PA_(DSC_4161).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">NMGiovannucci</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edwin_M_Stanton_School_901_S_17th_St_Philadelphia_PA_(DSC_4161).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993502","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_M._Stanton_School_(Philadelphia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5346637"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/stanton-edwin-m-school-88002326/"}