Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus
William Shoemaker Junior High School | |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003328[1] |
|---|---|
| Added to NRHP | December 4, 1986 |
The Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus, formerly the William Shoemaker Junior High School, is a historic, American
Mastery Charter Schools
.
NBA center Wilt Chamberlain attended the school.
History and architectural features
The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1925. It is a four-story, fourteen-bay, reinforced concrete, yellow brick-faced building. Designed in the Late Gothic Revival style, it features a central projecting entrance bay with Gothic arched door, thin brick piers with decorative caps, and brick panels in a herringbone pattern.[2]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Doebley, C. (1982-06-14). "William B. Shoemaker J.H. School" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Office of Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2012-07-03. and Mintz, B. (July 1986). "Wm Shoemaker Jr. High School" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Office of Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
