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Boys High School is a historic and architecturally notable public school building in the Bedford–Stuyvesant, neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. It is regarded as "one of Brooklyn's finest buildings." ==Architecture== The "splendid" Romanesque Revival building is richly decorated in terracotta somewhat in the style of Louis Sullivan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = New York Architecture )〕 The building is admired for round corner tower, dormers, and soaring campanile.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Boys' High School )〕 The building was erected in 1891 on the west side of Marcy Avenue between Putnam Avenue and Madison Street. It was designed by James W. Naughton, Superintendent of Buildings for the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn.〔An architectural guidebook to Brooklyn, Francis Morrone,Photographs by James Iska, Gibbs Smith, 2001, p. 37.〕 The building is regarded as Naughton's "finest work."〔("Walkabout with Montrose: Master of Schools, JW Naughton," ) September 8, 2009, Brownstoner.〕 When Boys High was landmarked by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1975, the commission called it "one of the finest Romanesque Revival style buildings in the city."〔"Boys High School And Historic Dock Made Landmarks; Boys High And a Dock Are Cited, Joseph P. Fried,October 5, 1975, New York Times.〕 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 1982. 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「Boys High School (Brooklyn)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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