Parkway Center City Middle College

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Helen Fleischer Vocational School
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Helen Fleischer Vocational School, August 2010
Parkway Center City Middle College is located in Philadelphia
Parkway Center City Middle College
Parkway Center City Middle College is located in Pennsylvania
Parkway Center City Middle College
Parkway Center City Middle College is located in the United States
Parkway Center City Middle College
Location540 North 13th St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′47″N 75°09′34″W / 39.9630°N 75.1595°W / 39.9630; -75.1595Coordinates: 39°57′47″N 75°09′34″W / 39.9630°N 75.1595°W / 39.9630; -75.1595
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1925-1927
ArchitectCassell, John D.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Academic Gothic
MPSPhiladelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.86003282[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1986

Parkway Center City Middle College is a historic vocational school located in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was built in 1925–1927 and is a brick building in the Academic Gothic-style.[2] Prior its current status Parkway CCMC was known Parkway Center City and was located at 1118 Market Street. The school served as a division of the former Parkway Program which was a school without walls program. Also, this building was the former Stoddart-Fleishcher Junior High School and later Middle School until it closed in June, 2003.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as the Helen Fleischer Vocational School.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes B. Mintz (July 1986). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Helen Fleischer Vocational School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.

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