The Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus, formerly the William Shoemaker Junior High School, is a historic, American

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that is located in the

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neighborhood of

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. It is currently a

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run by

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center

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attended the school.

History and architectural features

The building was designed by

Irwin T. Catharine Irwin Thornton Catharine (October 22, 1883 – March 3, 1944) was the chief architect of Philadelphia Public school (government funded), public schools from 1920 until his retirement in 1937. Buildings built during Catharine's tenure ranged from ...

and built in 1925. It is a four-story, fourteen-bay, reinforced concrete, yellow brick-faced building. Designed in the

Late Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

style, it features a central projecting entrance bay with Gothic arched door, thin brick piers with decorative caps, and brick panels in a

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. ''Note:'' This includes and The building was added to the

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in 1986.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shoemaker, William, Junior High School School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania School buildings completed in 1925 Charter schools in Pennsylvania West Philadelphia Public middle schools in Pennsylvania Public elementary schools in Pennsylvania 1925 establishments in Pennsylvania