F. Amadee Bregy School

Coordinates: 39°54′53″N 75°10′36″W / 39.9146°N 75.1767°W / 39.9146; -75.1767
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F. Amadee Bregy School
MPS
Philadelphia Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.88002249[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1988

F. Amadee Bregy School is a historic

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1923–1924. It is a three-story, nine-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Colonial Revival-style. It features large stone arched surrounds, double stone cornice, projecting entrance pavilion, and a brick parapet.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Its feeder high school is South Philadelphia High School.[3]

In November 2023 a playground, with a cost of $2,100,000, opened. The playground includes a basketball court and a running track. Prior to that point, it had no playground, and students had recess on plain asphalt. When school is not in session, the public may use the playground.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-07-07. Note: This includes Jefferson M. Moak (May 1987). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: F. Amadee Bregy School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  3. ^ "High School Directory Fall 2017 Admissions" (Archive). School District of Philadelphia. p. 62/70. Retrieved on November 16, 2016.
  4. Philadelphia Inquirer
    . Retrieved 2023-12-09.

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