Warren G. Harding Middle School


The Warren G. Harding Middle School is a historic American middle school in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

History and architectural features

Designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1923 and 1925 at a cost of just over $1 million, this historic structure is a three-story, seventeen-bay-wide and twelve-bay-deep, brick-and-limestone building that was created in the Colonial Revival style. It features a projecting center entrance pavilion with arched openings, stone cornice, and balustraded parapet. The school was named after former President Warren G. Harding.