Castor Gardens Middle School
Castor Gardens Middle School | |
 The school in September 2010 | |
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| Location | 1800 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°03′09″N 75°04′08″W / 40.0525°N 75.0690°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1927–1928 |
| Architect | Irwin T. Catharine |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003347[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 4, 1986 |
Castor Gardens Middle School, previously known as Woodrow Wilson Middle School, is a historic, American middle school located in the Castor Gardens neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is apart of the School District of Philadelphia.
Castor Gardens Middle School has been a certified International Baccalaureate School since 2012 and also offers algebra 1.
History and notable features
[edit]This building was designed by architect Irwin T. Catharine who was also an architect in designing many other buildings alongside this building. It is a three-story, fifteen-bay, brick and limestone building that was created in the Classical Revival style. It features a projecting center entrance pavilion, four Doric order columns supporting an entablature, and a balustraded parapet.[2]
The school was originally named after the 28th President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson but in 2022, the School District of Philadelphia renamed the school to Castor Gardens Middle School, which reflects the name of the neighborhood the school was within, due to the president’s views on racism and segregation .[3]
This historic school building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
Present day
[edit]On November 14, 2017, the school was placed on lockdown at 1:45 p.m. due to reports of a gun in the school. Police surrounded the school and moved from classroom to classroom to search for the reported gun and later that same afternoon to dismiss classes. The lockdown was officially declared over at 5:23 p.m. No one was harmed and no gun was found. On March 15, 2019, the school was placed on lockdown again, this time for approximately two hours due to reports that a teenage boy had brought three live rounds of ammunition into the building, police took the alleged suspect into custody. No weapon was found inside the school and no one was harmed during the incident.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#86003347)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-06-28. Note: This includes B. Mintz (July 1986). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.
- ^ Waring, Tom (24 May 2022). "Wilson Middle School getting a new name". Northeast Times. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
External links
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