AMY Northwest Middle School explained

William Levering School
Location:6000 Ridge Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates:40.0311°N -75.213°W
Built:1894–1896, 1928–1929
Architect:Joseph W. Anschutz, Irwin T. Catharine
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Art Deco
Added:November 18, 1988
Refnum:88002292

The Academy for the Middle Years (AMY) Northwest Middle School, formerly the William Levering School, is a historic middle school located in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.

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

History and architectural features

The school consists of two distinct buildings. The original section was built between 1894 and 1896, and is a two-and-one-half-story, five-bay, stone building with a hipped roofhich was designed in the Colonial Revival style.[1]

A three-story addition was built immediately to the south of the first building between 1928 and 1929. It is a brick and stone Art Deco-style building designed by Irwin T. Catharine.[1]

Both buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

In 2012, the School Reform Commission of the Philadelphia School District closed it as an elementary school;[2] it then reopened as a selective admission middle school, AMY Northwest.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-07-04. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H083472_01D.pdf}} Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: William Levering School]. 2012-07-03. Jefferson M. Moak. PDF. May 1987.
  2. Web site: School Reform Commission votes to close Levering; AMY Northwest to move in — NewsWorks . 2014-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070659/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/roxborough/36159-src-meeting . 2016-03-05 . dead .
  3. Web site: AMY Northwest - the School District of Philadelphia . 2014-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727080110/http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/a/amynw . 2014-07-27 . dead .