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.
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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