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'''Parkway Center City Middle College''' is a historic [[vocational school]] located in the [[Callowhill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Callowhill]] neighborhood of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. It is part of the [[School District of Philadelphia]]. The building was built in 1925–1927 and is a brick building in the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Academic Gothic]]-style.<ref name="arch">{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H083417_01D.pdf}}| title = Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Helen Fleischer Vocational School| access-date = 2012-06-16| author =B. Mintz| format = PDF| date= July 1986}}</ref> Prior its current status Parkway CCMC was known Parkway Center City and was located at 1118 Market Street. The school served as a division of the former Parkway Program which was a school without walls program. Also, this building was the former Stoddart-Fleishcher Junior High School and later Middle School until it closed in June, 2003.
'''Parkway Center City Middle College''' is a historic [[vocational school]] located in the [[Callowhill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Callowhill]] neighborhood of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. It is part of the [[School District of Philadelphia]]. The building was built in 1925–1927 and is a brick building in the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Academic Gothic]]-style.<ref name="arch">{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H083417_01D.pdf}}| title = Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Helen Fleischer Vocational School| access-date = 2012-06-16| author =B. Mintz| format = PDF| date= July 1986}}</ref> Prior to its current status Parkway Center City Middle College was known as Parkway Center City and was located at 1118 Market Street. The school served as a division of the former Parkway Program, a school without walls program. Also, this building was the former Stoddart-Fleischer Junior High School and later Middle School until it closed in June 2003.

Parkway Center City is the first high school in Pennsylvania to present intellectuals with the possibility of finishing high school with a high school diploma and an associate degree. Working in partnership with the Community College of Philadelphia, our students are given unparalleled access to dual enrollment classes, with a maximum of 61 college credits available to some scholars throughout their high school careers.



The building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1986 as the '''Helen Fleischer Vocational School'''.<ref name="nris"/>
The building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1986 as the '''Helen Fleischer Vocational School'''.<ref name="nris"/>

Revision as of 19:09, 22 November 2022

Helen Fleischer Vocational School
Helen Fleischer Vocational School, August 2010
Parkway Center City Middle College is located in Philadelphia
Parkway Center City Middle College
Parkway Center City Middle College is located in Pennsylvania
Parkway Center City Middle College
Parkway Center City Middle College is located in the United States
Parkway Center City Middle College
Location540 North 13th St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′47″N 75°09′34″W / 39.9630°N 75.1595°W / 39.9630; -75.1595
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1925-1927
ArchitectCassell, John D.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Academic Gothic
MPSPhiladelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.86003282[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1986

Parkway Center City Middle College is a historic vocational school located in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was built in 1925–1927 and is a brick building in the Academic Gothic-style.[2] Prior to its current status Parkway Center City Middle College was known as Parkway Center City and was located at 1118 Market Street. The school served as a division of the former Parkway Program, a school without walls program. Also, this building was the former Stoddart-Fleischer Junior High School and later Middle School until it closed in June 2003.

Parkway Center City is the first high school in Pennsylvania to present intellectuals with the possibility of finishing high school with a high school diploma and an associate degree. Working in partnership with the Community College of Philadelphia, our students are given unparalleled access to dual enrollment classes, with a maximum of 61 college credits available to some scholars throughout their high school careers.


The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as the Helen Fleischer Vocational School.[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 B. Mintz (July 1986). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Helen Fleischer Vocational School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.



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