Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus Explained

William Shoemaker Junior High School
Location:5301 Media St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.9761°N -75.2283°W
Built:1925
Architect:Irwin T. Catharine
Architecture:Late Gothic Revival, Academic Gothic
Added:December 4, 1986
Refnum:86003328

The Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus, formerly the William Shoemaker Junior High School, is a historic, American high school/middle school that is located in the Carroll Park neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is currently a charter school run by 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.[1]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H083490_01D.pdf}} William B. Shoemaker J.H. School]. 1982-06-14. 2012-07-03. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Office of Historic Preservation. Doebley. C.. PDF. and Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H083490_01D.pdf}} Wm Shoemaker Jr. High School]. July 1986. 2012-07-03. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Office of Historic Preservation. Mintz. B.. PDF.