AMY Northwest Middle School
The Academy for the Middle Years (AMY) Northwest Middle School, formerly the William Levering School, is a historic middle school located in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.
William Levering School | |
William Levering School, June 2010 | |
Location | 6000 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40.0311°N 75.2130°W |
Area | 2.1 acres (0.85 ha) |
Built | 1894–1896, 1928–1929 |
Architect | Joseph W. Anschutz, Irwin T. Catharine |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Art Deco |
MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002292[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
The school consists of two distinct buildings. The original section was built in 1894–1896 and is a 2 1⁄2-story, five-bay, stone building with a hipped roof in the Colonial Revival style. A three-story addition was built immediately to the south of the first building in 1928–1929. It is a brick and stone Art Deco-style building designed by Irwin T. Catharine.[2] Both buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
In 2012, the School Reform Commission of the Philadelphia School District closed it as an elementary school;[3] it then reopened as a selective admission middle school, AMY Northwest.[4]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: William Levering School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2014-07-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-07-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)