Joseph Anschutz, or Joseph Anshutz, was an American architect who designed schools in the

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

area. He designed approximately 75 schools, some nearly identical. Works designed or co-designed by Anschutz that have been listed on the U.S.

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include: ;listed as ''Joseph Anschutz'' or ''Joseph W. Anschutz'' * George W. Childs School, 1501 S. 17th St., Philadelphia PA * Watson Comly School, 13250 Trevose Rd., Philadelphia PA * Francis M. Drexel School, 1800 S. Sixteenth St., Philadelphia PA *

William Levering School The Academy for the Middle Years (AMY) Northwest Middle School, formerly the William Levering School, is an historic middle school which is located in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of ...

, 5938 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia PA *

James Martin School The Alternative Middle Years at James Martin School is a historic, American middle school that is located in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Part of the School District of Philadelphia, it was added to the National Regis ...

, 3340 Richmond St., Philadelphia PA * Philip H. Sheridan School, 800–818 E. Ontario St., Philadelphia PA ;listed as ''Joseph W. Anshutz'' or ''J.W. Anshutz'' or ''Joseph Anshutz'' * Germantown Grammar School (Boundary Increase), 45 W. Haines St., Philadelphia PA *

Francis Scott Key School Francis Scott Key School is a public elementary school located in the Central South Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. The historic school building was built in 1889, and ...

, 2226–2250 S. Eighth St., Philadelphia PA *

David Landreth School David Landreth School is a historic school building located in the Point Breeze, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1889 after the original school caught fire (it had been on the nu ...

, 1201 S. Twenty-third St., Philadelphia PA :::The Landreth School has been redeveloped. *

Thomas Powers School Thomas Powers School is a historic school building located in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1899–1900, and is a three-story, square, granite building with basement in the Romanesque style. It s ...

, Frankford Ave. and Somerset St., Philadelphia PA An early 20th-century article that uses the "Anshutz" spelling says he also co-designed Philadelphia's Central High School."The Central High School of Philadelphia," ''The School Review'', Vol. 11, no. 4, April 1903.
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