Joseph Anschutz
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Joseph Anschutz or Joseph Anshutz was an architect who designed schools in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

 area.

He designed approximately 75 schools, some nearly identical.

Works designed or co-designed by Anschutz that have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 include:

listed as Joseph Anschutz or Joseph W. Anschutz
  • George W. Childs School, 1501 S. 17th St. Philadelphia PA
  • Watson Comly School, 13250 Trevose Rd. Philadelphia PA
  • Francis M. Drexel School
    Francis M. Drexel School
    The Francis M. Drexel School was a historic school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Located along Sixteenth Street, the school was designed by Joseph Anschutz and built under the direction of Charles O'Neill, Jr...

    , 1800 S. Sixteenth St. Philadelphia PA
  • William Levering School 5938 Ridge Ave. Philadelphia PA
  • James Martin School, 3340 Richmond St. Philadelphia PA
  • Philip H. Sheridan School, 800—818 E. Ontario St. Philadelphia PA


listed as Joseph W. Anshutz or J.W. Anshutz or Joseph Anshutz
  • Germantown Grammar School, (Boundary Increase) 45 W. Haines St. Philadelphia PA
  • Francis Scott Key School, 2226—2250 S. Eighth St. Philadelphia PA
  • David Landreth School, 1201 S. Twenty-third St. Philadelphia PA
The Landreth School has been redeveloped.
  • Thomas Powers School, Frankford Ave. and Somerset St. Philadelphia PA


An early 20th century article which uses Anshutz spelling explains he designed the central Philadelphia high school.
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