Universal Vare Charter School

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Edwin H. Vare Junior High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Edwin H. Vare Junior High School entrance, May 2010
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Location	2100 S. 24th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates	39°55′33″N 75°11′09″W / 39.9258°N 75.1858°W / 39.9258; -75.1858
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1922–1924
Architect	Irwin T. Catharine
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.	88002331
Added to NRHP	November 18, 1988

The Universal Vare Charter School, formerly the Edwin H. Vare Junior High School, and Edwin H. Vare Middle School, is a historic junior high school building located in the Wilson Park neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is currently a charter school run by Universal Family of Schools.

This building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

History and architectural features

This historic building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1922 and 1924. It is a three-story, seventeen-bay, brick building that sits on a raised basement, Created in the Colonial Revival style, and built in the shape of a shallow "W," it features an entrance pavilion with arched openings, pilasters, and a brick parapet.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Due to asbestos issues, the Edwin Vare building is no longer used effective April 2023, and for the 2023-2024 school year, the school instead used the McDaniel Annex Building; this is not the same building as the Delaplaine McDaniel School. As of 2024, Universal Vare will move to the former Communications Technology High School.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"Edwin H. Vare Middle School Geographic Boundaries" (PDF). School District of Philadelphia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
"National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Edwin H. Vare Junior High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.
Graham, Kristen A. (2023-08-09). "Philly schools asbestos update: Universal Vare students can't return this year; Mitchell students to come back in September". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2023-12-29.

External links

Official website

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Elementary schools	Joseph H. Brown Laura H. Carnell Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus Joseph W. Catharine Kennedy Crossan Academics Plus Emlen Edwin Forrest Julia Ward Howe Francis Scott Key James Logan James R. Lowell Ludlow John Marshall Alexander K. McClure Overbrook John M. Patterson Joseph Pennell Samuel W. Pennypacker Richmond William Rowen Philip H. Sheridan James J. Sullivan Bayard Taylor Frances E. Willard

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Universal Audenried Charter HS
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Universal Alcorn K-8
F. Amadee Bregy K-8
G. W. Childs K-8 ex-Jeremiah Nichols, Barratt MS
D. Newlin Fell K-8
Andrew Jackson K-8
Eliza Butler Kirkbride K-8
Delaplaine McDaniel K-8
William M. Meredith K-8
George W. Nebinger K-8
George Sharswood K-8
Southwark K-8
Edwin M. Stanton K-8
Universal Vare K-8
Vare-Washington K-8 Ex-Washington school
Francis Scott Key ES Formerly K-8

Former

Ex-Childs school
David Landreth
William S. Peirce K-8, then middle school
Ex-Vare school
Wayne

Private
K-12

Current	Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic HS
Former	Saint John Neumann HS Saint Maria Goretti HS St. Anthony de Padua Parish

Sports Complex

Demolished	John F. Kennedy Stadium Spectrum Veterans Stadium

Other landmarks

Culture

Odunde Festival

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