{"nrhp_refnum":"88002328","name":"Sulzberger, Mayer, Junior High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"701--741 N. 48th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.964707592000025,"lon":-75.21576875099998,"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 building on a raised stone basement at 701-741 North 48th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1923-1924 in the Colonial Revival style for the School District of Philadelphia. It is one of eight identical buildings erected from the JHS-4 model designed by Irwin T. Catharine.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school represents the School District's 1920s program of building schools designed specifically as junior high schools, an innovation in educational practice and in the architectural response to it. It is also cited for its excellent integrity. The document lists National Register Criteria A and C, under architecture and education.","narrative":"A three-story brick school on a raised stone basement at 701-741 North 48th Street in Philadelphia, built in 1923-1924 for the School District of Philadelphia. Its front is shaped in a shallow W, with a projecting central pavilion bearing the school's name in a stone course above the third floor, and a stone first floor with arched entrances. Brick pilasters with stone caps separate the recessed upper windows, and a stone cornice runs beneath the brick parapet. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine as the JHS-4 model, and it was one of eight identical schools erected from that design between 1922 and 1924. The School District had begun building schools designed specifically as junior high schools after World War I, and this building is regarded as representing that change in both teaching practice and school architecture. It is large for its era and retains excellent integrity. Its listing rests on its place in the history of education and school architecture in Philadelphia.","period_of_significance":"1923-1924","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect); Michael Melody & Son & Co. (builder)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current use as a school is listed in the form as present school use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.601974-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002328.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002328/5748749789-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002328/5748749789-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sulzberger_Jr_HS_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sulzberger_Jr_HS_Philly.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001151","name":"Fairmount Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/fairmount-park-72001151/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993737","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkway_West_High_School_(Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6797078"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/sulzberger-mayer-junior-high-school-88002328/"}