General Louis Wagner Middle School, formerly General Louis Wagner Junior High School, is a historic middle school located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. 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 1927–1928. It is a three-story, 15 bay, yellow brick building in a Classical Revival-style. It features a projecting center entrance bay with

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

and

Ionic order The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...

columns. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Students continue to King High School.High School Directory Fall 2017 Admissions

Archive
. School District of Philadelphia. p. 39/70. Retrieved on November 16, 2016.

References

External links

Gen. Louis Wagner Middle School
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wagner, Gen. Louis, Junior High School School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Neoclassical architecture in Pennsylvania School buildings completed in 1928 West Oak Lane, Philadelphia Middle schools in Pennsylvania School District of Philadelphia 1928 establishments in Pennsylvania