Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School | |
Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School, June 2010 | |
| Location | 5400 Warrington Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°56′31″N 75°13′35″W / 39.9419°N 75.2264°WCoordinates: 39°56′31″N 75°13′35″W / 39.9419°N 75.2264°W |
| Area | 3.2 acres (1.3 ha) |
| Built | 1922–1924 |
| Architect | Irwin T. Catharine |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002321[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
Hardy Williams Academy, formerly the Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School is a historic junior high school building located in the Southwest Schuylkill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1922–1924. It is a three-story, 17 bay, brick building on a raised stone basement in the Colonial Revival-style. It is in the shape of a shallow "W". It features a center projecting pavilion, stone cornice, and a brick parapet.[2] The school was named for Anna Howard Shaw.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] Since 2015, the school has been used as a charter school run by Mastery Charter Schools. It was renamed in honor of Hardy Williams.
