Hardy Williams Academy

Coordinates: 39°56′31″N 75°13′35″W / 39.9419°N 75.2264°W / 39.9419; -75.2264
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Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School
MPS
Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.88002321[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1988

The Hardy Williams Academy, formerly the Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School, is a historic

Southwest Schuylkill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

History and architectural features

The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1922 and 1924. It is a three-story, seventeen-bay, brick building which sits on a raised stone basement. It was designed in the Colonial Revival-style in the shape of a shallow "W," and features a center projecting pavilion, stone cornice, and a brick parapet.[2] The school was named for Anna Howard Shaw.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Since 2015, the school has been used as a

Mastery Charter Schools. It was renamed in honor of Hardy Williams
.

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-07-07. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.

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