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William H. Harrison School

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Built
  
1928–1929

Area
  
8,000 m²

Architect
  
Irwin T. Catharine

NRHP Reference #
  
88002278

Added to NRHP
  
18 November 1988

William H. Harrison School

Location
  
1012–1020 W. Thompson St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MPS
  
Philadelphia Public Schools TR

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

William Henry Harrison School is a historic school building located in the Yorktown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Irwin T. Catharine (1883–1944) and built in 1928–1929. It is a three-story brick building, nine bays wide on a raised basement in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features a one-story, stone entrance pavilion with a Tudor-arched opening and a crenellated parapet. It is named for President William Henry Harrison.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The building is currently home to the St. Malachy School.

References

William H. Harrison School Wikipedia