ess ▁for ▁high ▁school . ▁ ▁History ▁It ▁was ▁originally ▁built ▁as ▁an ▁elementary ▁school , ▁with ▁construction ▁starting ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁and ▁ending ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 4 ; ▁it ▁later ▁became ▁Hor ace ▁F urn ess ▁Junior ▁High ▁School . ▁It ▁was ▁named ▁for ▁Shakespeare an ▁scholar ▁Hor ace ▁Howard ▁F urn ess ▁( 1 8 3 3 - 1 9 1 2 ). ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places ▁as ▁Hor ace ▁F urn ess ▁Junior ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁converted ▁into ▁a ▁senior ▁high ▁school , ▁and ▁its ▁first ▁high ▁school ▁gradu ation ▁was ▁held ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁Daniel ▁Pe ou , ▁a ▁Camb od ian ▁American ▁man ▁who ▁was ▁once ▁a ▁refuge e ▁and ▁had ▁lived ▁in ▁Philadelphia , ▁became ▁the ▁principal ▁of ▁F urn ess . ▁ ▁Architecture ▁The ▁school ▁building ▁was ▁designed ▁by ▁Henry ▁de C our cy ▁Rich ards ▁and ▁built ▁by ▁Cr amp ▁& ▁Co .. ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁four - story , ▁rect angular , ▁rein for ced ▁concrete ▁building ▁cl ad ▁in ▁brick ▁and ▁terra ▁c otta ▁in ▁the ▁Late ▁Goth ic ▁Rev ival - style . ▁It ▁features ▁an ▁o vers ized ▁arch ed ▁entry way , ▁blind ▁pan els , ▁terra ▁c otta ▁qu o ining , ▁and ▁a ▁brick ▁par ap et . ▁ ▁Student ▁body ▁ ▁the ▁school ▁had ▁