William Shoemaker Junior High School | |
 William Shoemaker Junior High School, June 2010 | |
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| Location | 5301 Media St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°58′34″N75°13′42″W / 39.9761°N 75.2283°W /39.9761; -75.2283 |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architect | Irwin T. Catharine |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, Academic Gothic |
| MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003328[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 4, 1986 |
TheMastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus, formerly theWilliam Shoemaker Junior High School, is a historic, Americanhigh school/middle school that is located in theCarroll Park neighborhood ofPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. It is currently acharter school run byMastery Charter Schools.
NBA centerWilt Chamberlain attended the school.
The building was designed byIrwin T. Catharine and built in 1925. It is a four-story, fourteen-bay, reinforced concrete, yellow brick-faced building. Designed in theLate Gothic Revival style, it features a central projecting entrance bay with Gothic arched door, thin brick piers with decorative caps, and brick panels in aherringbone pattern.[2]
The building was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
