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Vare-Washington School, formerly Abigail Vare School, is a K-8 school in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. It occupies the former George Washington School building in the Dickinson Narrows neighborhood, in proximity to Southwark.〔Medina, Regina. "(Philly union challenges teacher-dump decision )." ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. May 24, 2013. Retrieved on November 30, 2015.〕 The historic school building, designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1935-1937. It is a three-story, brick and limestone building in the Art Deco / Moderne-style. It features ribbon windows, brick piers, and a projecting entrance with skyscraper-like details and rounded corners with decorative figures.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania ) ''Note:'' This includes 〕 It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.〔 Residents of the current Vare-Washington zone,〔"(School Finder )." School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on November 30, 2015.〕 and residents of the former Abigail Vare School zone, are also zoned to Furness High School.〔"(Horace Furness High School Geographic Boundaries )" ((Archive )). School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on October 4, 2011.〕 The school was named after Abigail Vare, the mother of the three Vare Brothers (including William Scott Vare), who became politicians and contractors;〔Avery, Ron. "(Nepotism's The Name Vips Had Dibs On Area Places )." ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. July 12, 1995. Retrieved on November 30, 2015.〕 as well as George Washington. ==History== Abigail Vare School previously occupied a historic school building located in the Pennsport neighborhood, located across from Dickinson Square Park.〔Jennings, James. "(Mt. Sinai Developer Plans Apartments, Townhomes at Shuttered Pennsport School )." ''Philadelphia''. June 10, 2015. Retrieved on November 30, 2015.〕 It was built in 1903-1904, and is a three-story, square stone building in the Classical Revival-style. It features a central projecting pediment with Ionic order columns and decorative Palladian window, an oversized molded cornice, and a hipped and gable roof with decorative brackets.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania ) ''Note:'' This includes 〕 It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.〔 In December 2012 Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. presented a proposal that would close Washington and move Abigail Vare School into Washington's building. At the time Washington's building was in a better condition compared to Vare's, while the Vare school had an academic performance superior to that of Washington's.〔Graham, Kristen A. "(Philadelphia superintendent identifies schools he intends to close )." ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. December 15, 2012. Retrieved on November 30, 2015.〕 In March 2013, the school district voted to close Washington.〔 Abigail Vare School moved from its previous building to the former Washington building,〔Graham, Kristen. "(SRC votes to spare four schools )." ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. Thursday October 17, 2013. Retrieved on November 30, 2015. "CLOSING:()George Washington Elementary School, 1198 S. 5th Street Abigail Vare Elementary School, 1621 E. Moyamensing Avenue (building only, moves into George Washington Elementary)"〕 and it is now known as Vare-Washington School. After Washington-Vare moved to the former Washington school, the former Vare school remained vacant. The school district and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation listed the Vare building for $2.5 million. Concordia Group, a company headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, acquired the Vare building, along with Germantown High School and three other schools, for $6.8 million.〔 The SRC voted on this sale in September 2014.〔"(SRC will vote on sale of 11 closed schools )." ''The Notebook''. September 18, 2014. Retrieved on November 30, 2015.〕 In 2015 Concordia Group announced that it wished to construct six townhouses next to the former Vare building and also convert Vare itself into 45 apartment units.〔 The developer engaged in a community meeting with area residents, and it reduced the number of units to 41, in addition to reducing the amount of parking.〔Brey, Jared. "(Maryland developers see opportunity in Philly's institutional shells )." ''PlanPhilly'' at ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Retrieved on November 30, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vare-Washington School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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