Jay Cooke Junior High School

Jay Cooke Junior High School is an historic junior high school building in the Logan neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, it was named for financier Jay Cooke.

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Type: School building
Description: high school in Pennsylvania, United States
Also known as: “Cooke Junior High School”
Address: 4735 Old York Road, Philadelphia, PA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wyoming station and Stenton.

Wyoming station

Metro station

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Wyoming station is an underground SEPTA Metro stop in Philadelphia. It serves the B1 and is located in the Logan neighborhood of North Philadelphia at 4700 North Broad Street and Wyoming Avenue. Wyoming station is situated 610 feet southwest of Jay Cooke Junior High School.

Stenton

Museum

Stenton, also known as the James Logan Home, was the country home of James Logan, the first Mayor of Philadelphia and Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court during the colonial-era governance of the Province of Pennsylvania. Stenton is situated 2,100 feet west of Jay Cooke Junior High School.

Logan station

Metro station

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Logan station is a SEPTA Metro subway stop on the B1 in the Logan neighborhood of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at 5100 North Broad Street at Lindley Avenue. Logan station is situated 1,600 feet north of Jay Cooke Junior High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Logan and Nicetown–Tioga.

Logan

Neighborhood

Logan is a neighborhood in the upper North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The majority of the neighborhood falls within the 19141 zip code, but some of it falls within 19140.

Nicetown–Tioga

Neighborhood

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Nicetown–Tioga is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. It comprises two smaller, older neighborhoods, Nicetown and Tioga, although the distinction between the two is rarely emphasized today.

Hunting Park

Neighborhood

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Hunting Park is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. In 2024, the 19140 ZIP code, which roughly consists of Hunting Park and Nicetown–Tioga, has a median home sale price of $113,900.

Jay Cooke Junior High School

Categories: high school, building, historic site, historic building, and education
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.02558° or 40° 1′ 32″ north

Longitude

-75.1461° or 75° 8′ 46″ west

Elevation

118 feet (36 metres)

Height

90 feet (27 metres)

Open location code

87G62VG3+6H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 965421164

OpenStreetMap feature

building=school

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

GeoNames ID

5185304

Wikidata ID

Q6166508

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French: “Jay Cooke Junior High School”

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