Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Artist: Irwin T. Catharine (Architect)
Board of Education Building
Irwin T. Catharine (Architect),
Jules Melidon,
1930
* Busts of Alexander Graham Bell,
Benjamin Franklin,
Robert Fulton,
Stephen Girard,
Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln,
John Marshall,
William Penn,
William Shakespeare,
Thaddeus Stevens
and
Daniel Webster
* groups of people,
people standing,
people sitting and kneeling,
winged people,
heads,
books, tablets, scrolls, writing implements,
linked BE logo,
eagles,
scarf,
staff,
buildings,
tools,
urns, jugs,
ship,
hourglass,
lamp, light fixtures,
plants,
sun,
globes
* There is artwork on the Winter and 21st street sides and in the courtyard on Winter. More busts, not pictured and not easily visible, are on the East and West sides of the building. The School District no longer occupies the building.
* Building.
Southwest Corner, 21st and Winter.
* 39.958900,-75.174150 [map] [nearby]
* On the JFK North tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Graham Bell page
+ushistory.org's The Electric Ben Franklin
+wikipedia.org's Robert Fulton page
+ushistory.org's Stephen Girard page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Jefferson page
+wikipedia.org's Abraham Lincoln page
+wikipedia.org's John Marshall page
+wikipedia.org's William Penn page
+wikipedia.org's William Shakespeare page
+wikipedia.org's Thaddeus Stevens page
+wikipedia.org's Daniel Webster page
Spring Garden School Art Deco
Irwin T. Catharine (Architect),
1931
* abstract art deco
* Entrance.
Spring Garden School.
South side of Melon between 11th and 12th.
* 39.965100,-75.155850 [map] [nearby]
* See also:
+springgarden.philasd.org
General George G. Meade Public School
Irwin T. Catharine (Architect),
1936
* School named for George Gordon Meade
* partial
standing people,
lamps
* East entrance.
Gen. George G. Meade School.
West side of 18th, North of Oxford.
* 39.978350,-75.164650 [map] [nearby]
* On the Temple Southwest tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's George Meade page
+wikipedia.org George Meade School page
