Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus

William Shoemaker Junior High School

William Shoemaker Junior High School, June 2010
Location 5301 Media St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°58′34″N 75°13′42″W / 39.9761°N 75.2283°W / 39.9761; -75.2283Coordinates: 39°58′34″N 75°13′42″W / 39.9761°N 75.2283°W / 39.9761; -75.2283
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1925
Architect Irwin T. Catharine
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival, Academic Gothic
MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP Reference # 86003328[1]
Added to NRHP December 4, 1986

Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus, formerly William Shoemaker Junior High School, is a historic high school/middle school located in the Carroll Park neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is currently a charter school run by Mastery Charter Schools.

The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1925. It is a four-story, 14 bay, reinforced concrete, yellow brick faced building in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features a central projecting entrance bay with Gothic arched door, thin brick piers with decorative caps, and brick panels in a herringbone pattern.[2] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes C. Doebley, B. Mintz (June 1982, July 1986). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: William Shoemaker Junior High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03. Check date values in: |date= (help)


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