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Morris High School Historic District is a national historic district centered on a high school located at Morrisania, The Bronx, New York, New York. The district includes 51 contributing buildings. It includes the Morris High School, two streets of brick rowhouses, and Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania
Morris High School was opened in 1904. Considered to be a masterpiece of Superintendent of School Buildings C.B.J. Snyder, it is a superior example of Public School Collegiate Gothic,...
Dec 21, 1982 · Morris High School, a masterpiece of Collegiate Gothic style, was constructed in 1901, and its surrounding blocks of Free Classical style, two- and three-story brick houses were built primarily between 1900 and 1904.
Morris High School was conceived and built in the Bronx with a lofty mission: to provide a comprehensive, world-class secondary education to the children of immigrant and working-class families, and in so doing to elevate the American public education system and America itself.
- Naomi Sharlin
- 2019
Morris High School Historic District is a national historic district centered on a high school located at Morrisania, The Bronx, New York, New York. The district includes 51 contributing buildings. Overview
Morris High School opened in 1897 as the Mixed High School and was the first public high school in the Bronx. The school moved into its current Collegiate Gothic building in 1904, which is one of the masterpieces of the New York City school architect, Charles B. J. Snyder.
Morris High School, a masterpiece of Collegiate Gothic style, was constructed in 1901, and its surrounding blocks of Free Classical style, two- and three-story brick houses were built primarily between 1900 and 1904. The oldest structure in the district is Trinity Episcopal Church, begun in 1874 and redecorated in the High Gothic style in 1906.
