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Warren G. Harding Middle School

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Built
  
1923–1924

Area
  
3 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
88002277

Added to NRHP
  
18 November 1988

Warren G. Harding Middle School

Location
  
2000 Wakeling St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MPS
  
Philadelphia Public Schools TR

Address
  
Philadelphia, PA 19124, USA

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival architecture

Similar
  
James J Sullivan School, Citizens Bank Park, Tower Theater, Liacouras Center, Mütter Museum

Warren G. Harding Middle School is a historic middle school located in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.

It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1923 to 1925 at a cost of just over $1 million. It is a three-story, 17-bay-wide and 12-bay-deep, brick-and-limestone building in the Colonial Revival style. It features a projecting center entrance pavilion with arched openings, stone cornice, and balustraded parapet. The school was named for President Warren G. Harding.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

Warren G. Harding Middle School Wikipedia