Joseph W. Anshutz - Architect - Thomas J Powers School - Frankford Ave and W Somerset Street

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Anschutz

Joseph Anschutz, or Joseph Anshutz, was an American architect who designed schools in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.

He designed approximately 75 schools, some nearly identical.

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Thomas J Powers School (formerly) Built 1899 - Frankford Ave and E. Somerset Street and H. Josephine Widener School (circa 1900)

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The Sherman School 1867-1899 - Frankford and E. Somerset St.

Source: The Public School Buildings of the City if Philadelphia 1853 to 1867 – (1917)

Bromley Map Philadelphia 1895 - Frankford and E Somerset

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Similar in design IMO as Barton School Buckius and Frankford Ave. same internal school subdivision, Twenty-Fifth Section. Barton School 1861-1905. Barton School - 6 Rooms and Sherman School - 8 Rooms

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Obit - Thomas J Powers - 31 August 1900

Obit - NYT 31 August 1900

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Morse Elevator 1894 - Otis Elevator 1910 - Frankford Ave - Wildey St. - Shackamaxon St - Below Girard Ave - Present

Frankford and Wildey - Present 

Wildey From Shackamaxon - Present

Bromley - Philadelphia City - 1910

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Frankford Town Hall - 4255 Frankford Ave - Then and Now

Frankford Town Hall - circa 1950s
(Library of Congress Photo)

4255 Frankford Avenue - Present 
Outline of old Town Hall in Asphalt in Parking Lot