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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.〔 The three-story brick building was built in a regular rectangular plan in the Victorian style of architecture, with three chimneys dominating its facade.〔Mintz, Elizabeth. ''(Pennsylvania Historic Resources Survey: Francis M. Drexel School )''. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, August 1986. Accessed 2010-02-15.〕 The school was named for Francis Martin Drexel, whose son, banker and philanthropist Anthony J. Drexel, founded Drexel University two years after the construction of the school. ==The school== At the time of the Drexel School's construction, Philadelphia's school system had a decentralized administration, with Drexel being a part of the Twenty-sixth Section.〔 The school buildings, however, were designed by the central administration.〔 The Drexel family was intensely involved with education at this time. Anthony J. Drexel, as the partner of J.P. Morgan, was an internationally important financier, and as the partner of George W. Childs, publisher of the Philadelphia ''Public Ledger'', was influential in local affairs as well. He was a close friend of Childs, and together they worked to offer free or inexpensive education to the working class. According to Childs, Drexel gave "many munificent gifts to established educational and charitable institutions," as well as founding and endowing the Drexel Institute, which later became Drexel University.〔Childs, George W., in ''Harper's Weekly'', reprinted as "Two Noble Lives" in the (Pennsylvania School Journal ), V. 42, Sept. 1893, pp. 102-104.〕 Drexel's orphaned niece, Katherine Drexel, sought advice from Childs and Drexel on her plans to become a nun in the service of educating Native Americans and African-Americans. This work led to her beatification by Pope John II.〔 Ch. 13 "Two Social Revolutionaries" pp. 149-161〕 Two other nieces, Elizabeth Drexel Smith and Louise Drexel Morrell, founded and endowed the St. Francis Industrial School at Eddington, Pennsylvania in 1888.〔, p. 159〕 The George W. Childs School, also designed by Anschutz, was built in 1894 just three blocks north of the Francis M. Drexel School.〔 Completed in 1889,〔 the Drexel School included features common to late nineteenth-century Philadelphia schools. Earlier schools were generally built entirely of brick, and the 1870s saw the introduction of stone schools, but schools built between 1883 and 1900, including Drexel, typically combined brick walls and brownstone finishing.〔Moak, Jefferson M., et al. ''(National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic Resources )''. National Park Service, August 1986. Accessed 2010-02-15.〕 Anschutz worked in the tradition of Samuel Sloan's "Philadelphia Plan" of school architecture: On each floor, classrooms opened onto a single corridor, and were divided by moveable partitions. Coatrooms were provided in each classroom. Stairways and other non-classroom space were located at the end of the corridor, near the outside of the building.〔 The architectural plans closely follow these principles. The school's windows were enlarged in 1914, and in 1922, lighting was changed from gas to electric.〔Original architectural drawings are available online at www.thedrexelschool.com sub-page "Blueprints"〕 Although it originally housed classes for both elementary and secondary students, Drexel was built at a time when school boards were beginning to open separate schools for different purposes.〔Custis, John Trevor. ''(The Public Schools of Philadelphia: Historical, Biographical, Statistical. )'' Philadelphia: Burk & McFetridge, 1897, pp. 429-435.〕〔 It remained in use by the Philadelphia Public Schools into the late twentieth century.〔 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「Francis M. Drexel School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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