Built 1923-1924 NRHP Reference # 88002287 Added to NRHP 18 November 1988 | Built by Ketcham & McQuade Area 8,000 m² | |
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Location 2922 Memphis St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR Architectural style Colonial Revival architecture Similar Citizens Bank Park, Tower Theater, Liacouras Center, Mütter Museum, National Museum of American | ||
John Paul Jones Junior High School is a historic junior high school building located in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1923-1924. It is a three-story, 17-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Colonial Revival style. It features a central projecting entrance pavilion of stone, brick pilasters, and stone cornice and brick parapet. It was named for Naval hero John Paul Jones (1747–1792).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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