Joseph W. Catharine School | |
Location: | 6600 Chester Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates: | 39.9275°N -75.2397°W |
Built: | 1937–1938 |
Architect: | Irwin T. Catharine |
Builder: | McCloskey & Co. |
Architecture: | Moderne |
Added: | November 18, 1988 |
Refnum: | 88002253 |
Joseph W. Catharine School is a historic elementary school located in the Mount Moriah neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1937–1938. It is a three-story, six-bay, yellow brick in the Moderne-style. It features a main entrance with decorative stone surround, stone sills, and stone coping atop the building.[1]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.