Warren G. Harding Middle School


The Warren G. Harding Middle School is a historic American middle school in the Frankford, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|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.