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Joseph Anschutz

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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.[1]

Works designed or co-designed by Anschutz that have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places include:[2]

listed as Joseph Anschutz or Joseph W. Anschutz[2]
listed as Joseph W. Anshutz or J.W. Anshutz or Joseph Anshutz[2]
The Landreth School has been redeveloped.[3]

An early 20th-century article that uses the "Anshutz" spelling says he also co-designed Philadelphia's Central High School.[4]

See also

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  • Louis Anshutz, an architect who designed two NRHP-listed Philadelphia schools

References

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  1. ^ "Drexel page". Archived from the original on 2010-04-21.
  2. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ Pennrose page about Landreth
  4. ^ "The Central High School of Philadelphia," The School Review, Vol. 11, no. 4, April 1903.