| The second architectural rendition, clearly the depiction of the building as we know it. Notice how the building sits on the bluff overlooking a concrete-paved two-lane Ogontz Avenue, unlike the first rendition which was situated at street-level. The second depiction of CHS appeared fourteen months after the first design. The principal architect was Irwin Thornton Catharine with the collaboration of William Cramp Scheetz, Jr. The principal builder was the John McShain firm. This was Dr. Haney's vision for CHS...a modern facility dedicated to the academic excellence that was Central. "The non-academic program stayed at Broad & Green Streets while Haney, forty-one staff members and 1,250 of the 3600 students came to the new building in February,1939"(Labaree,89)as they revised and finalized the structure, philosophy and the curricular design for the new and revitalized CHS. The cost of the site was $205,000 and the building costs totaled $1,970,122.37,
approximately 45% of which was donated by Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (School District of Philadelphia Report of the Secretary and Business Manager, 1939, p. 79) October 11, 1937 (Photo courtesy of www.phillyhistory.org) |
