Philadelphia Senior High School, for the School District of the City of Philadelphia [graphic] / The Ballinger Company, architects and engineers, 121 N. Broad St., Philadelphia 7, Pa.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Ballinger Company.

Contributor:

School District of Philadelphia, Pa.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

High schools--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Gymnasiums--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Glendale Ave., near Cottman St., Algon St. & Bleigh Ave. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Philadelphia Senior High School (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

Glendale Ave., near Cottman St., Algon St. & Bleigh Ave. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Philadelphia Senior High School (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Physical Description:

7 drawings : pencil on paper ; 71.5 x 69.5 or smaller

Contained In:

Laschenski, Sigmund J. Architectural drawings.

Place of Publication:

1953.

Notes:

Title from drawings 2609-Sk-62.

Commission no. 2609. Set has 7 drawings labelled Sk-60 and Sk-62 thru Sk-67, showing balcony, mezzanine, gymnasium plans and section A-A for the gymnasium, and sub-ground, ground and first thru third floor plans for additional classrooms.

Drawing no. 2609-Sk-5 shows the ground floor plan on Glendale Avenue (bottom of image) at Cottman Street (left) and Algon Street (right), with the Gym on Bleigh Avenue (right).

Due to the specialized nature of the classrooms, this project appears to have included an addition to existing classroom space, as well as a gymnasium.

Forms part of: Laschenski, Sigmund J. Architectural drawings.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Mary P. Laschenski,

Cited in:

Laverty, v.1, p. 16, BAL2609/007