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Horace Howard Furness High School is a secondary (9th-12th) school in South Philadelphia. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.〔"(SCHOOL'S FINALLY OUT FOR SUMMER STUDENTS )." ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. August 8, 1986. B01.〕 Portions of South Philadelphia (including Bella Vista, Passyunk Square, Pennsport, Queen Village, and Whitman) are zoned to Furness.〔"(Horace Furness High School Geographic Boundaries )" ((Archive )). School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on October 4, 2011.〕 A section of Center City, including Society Hill and Old City, is zoned to Furness for high school.〔(Where the Graduates Go )." ''McCall School''. Retrieved on November 9, 2008.〕 ==History== It was originally named Horace Furness Junior High School. It was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built by Cramp & Co. in 1914. It is a four-story, rectangular, reinforced concrete building clad in brick and terra cotta in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features an oversized arched entryway, blind panels, terra cotta quoining, and a brick parapet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania ) ''Note:'' This includes 〕 It was named for Shakespearean scholar Horace Howard Furness (1833-1912). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Horace Furness Junior High School in 1986.〔 In 2012 Daniel Peou, a Cambodian American man who was once a refugee and had lived in Philadelphia, became the principal of Furness.〔Myers, Joseph. "(Peou returns to head Furness )" ((Archive )). September 13, 2012. Retrieved on December 1, 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「Furness High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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