Jay Cooke Junior High School Explained

Jay Cooke Junior High School
Location:	4735 Old York Rd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40.0256°N -75.1461°W
Built:	1922-1924
Architect:	Irwin T. Catharine
Architecture:	Colonial Revival
Added:	November 18, 1988
Refnum:	88002259

Jay Cooke Junior High School is an historic American junior high school building that is located in the Logan neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, it was named for financier Jay Cooke (1821-1905).

History and architectural features

Designed by Irwin T. Catharine, this historic structure was built between 1922 and 1924. It is a three-story, seventeen-bay, brick building that sits on a raised basement. Designed in the Colonial Revival-style, it features a projecting center entrance pavilion, stone pilasters, arched entrance openings, and a brick parapet.^[1] It was named for financier Jay Cooke (1821-1905).

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-06-23. 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|H096008_01D.pdf}} Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Jay Cooke Junior High School]. 2012-06-16. Jefferson M. Moak. PDF. May 1987.