Edwin H. Vare Junior High School
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Edwin H. Vare Junior High School
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Edwin H. Vare Junior High School entrance, May 2010
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Location | 2102 S. 24th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | 1922-1924 |
Architect | Catharine, Irwin T. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
NRHP Reference # | 88002331[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
Edwin H. Vare Junior High School is a historic junior high school building located in the Wilson Park neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1922-1924. It is a three-story, 17 bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Colonial Revival-style. It is in the shape of a shallow "W." It features an entrance pavilions with arched openings, pilasters, and a brick parapet.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
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- Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- School buildings completed in 1924
- School District of Philadelphia
- South Philadelphia
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