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Walter George Smith School

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Built
  
1924–1925

Area
  
8,000 m²

Architect
  
Irwin T. Catharine

NRHP Reference #
  
86003329

Added to NRHP
  
4 December 1986

Walter George Smith School

Location
  
1300 S. 19th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Late Gothic Revival, Academic Gothic

MPS
  
Philadelphia Public Schools TR

Similar
  
Delaplaine McDaniel School, Vare‑Washington School, Andrew Jackson School

Walter George Smith School is a former school building located in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1924–1925. It is a four-story, brick building with limestone trim in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features two projecting ends, main entrance with enclosed porch and Gothic arch, Gothic arched windows, and battlement parapet.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The school was closed in 2013, and as of 2016 was in the process of being converted to apartments.

References

Walter George Smith School Wikipedia


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