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Coordinates: 39°55′33″N 75°11′09″W / 39.9258°N 75.1858°W / 39.9258; -75.1858
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Edwin H. Vare Junior High School
Edwin H. Vare Junior High School entrance, May 2010
Universal Vare Charter School is located in Philadelphia
Universal Vare Charter School
Universal Vare Charter School is located in Pennsylvania
Universal Vare Charter School
Universal Vare Charter School is located in the United States
Universal Vare Charter School
Location2100 S. 24th St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°55′33″N 75°11′09″W / 39.9258°N 75.1858°W / 39.9258; -75.1858
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1922–1924
ArchitectIrwin T. Catharine
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSPhiladelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.88002331[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1988

Universal Vare Charter School, formerly the Edwin H. Vare Junior High School, is a historic junior high school building located in the Wilson Park neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is currently a charter school run by Universal Family of Schools. 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 basement in the Colonial Revival-style. It is in the shape of a shallow "W." It features an entrance pavilions with arched openings, pilasters, and a brick parapet.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "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: Edwin H. Vare Junior High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.


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