Jay Cooke Junior High School
Jay Cooke Junior High School | |
Location in Philadelphia | |
Location | 4735 Old York Rd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°01′32″N 75°08′46″W / 40.0256°N 75.1461°WCoordinates: 40°01′32″N 75°08′46″W / 40.0256°N 75.1461°W |
Area | 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) |
Built | 1922-1924 |
Architect | Irwin T. Catharine |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002259[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
Jay Cooke Junior High School is a historic junior high school building located in the Logan neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1922–1924. It is a three-story, 17 bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Colonial Revival-style. It features a projecting center entrance pavilion, stone pilasters, arched entrance openings, and a brick parapet.[2] It was named for financier Jay Cooke (1821-1905).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Jay Cooke Junior High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.
Categories:
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
- Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- School buildings completed in 1924
- Logan, Philadelphia
- 1924 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs