{"nrhp_refnum":"88002330","name":"Thomas, George C., Junior High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2746 S. 9th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.92434236400004,"lon":-75.16064025499998,"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 stone trim at 2746 South 9th Street (also 901 Johnston Street) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1920-1921 and enlarged in 1952. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine using Type Number 136.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is a fine representative of Catharine's early Colonial Revival designs and is eligible as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic District. It was built from the same design as the John M. Patterson School and shares its site with the D. Newlin Fell School, and the three buildings using Type Number 136 together give each other added distinction. The 1952 rear addition and converted windows have reduced its integrity somewhat.","narrative":"Built in 1920 and 1921 to designs by Irwin T. Catharine, this three-story brick school with stone trim stands on a raised brick basement at South 9th Street and Johnston Street in Philadelphia. Its front has eight bays, with projecting end pavilions holding the entrances and stair towers. Stone dripcourses, a beltcourse at the second-floor sill line, and a stone cornice mark its façade, and the school's name is carved in a stone panel on the brick parapet. The building was constructed from the same design, Type Number 136, as the John M. Patterson School, and it shares its site with the D. Newlin Fell School to the north. The Thomas School is regarded as a fine example of Catharine's early Colonial Revival work. A 1952 rear addition and altered windows have reduced its integrity somewhat, but the building remains recognisable as a product of the city's public school building program of the period.","period_of_significance":"1920-1921","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as excellent with integrity recorded as good; the school is used 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 17:11:35.735486-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002330.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002330/71db540f07-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002330/71db540f07-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993583","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastery_Charter_School_Thomas_Campus","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5537591"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/thomas-george-c-junior-high-school-88002330/"}