Edison/Fareira High School

Thomas Alva Edison High School and John C. Fareira Skills Center is a high school serving grades 9-12 in 151 West Luzerne Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (Location: 40°00′44″N 75°07′45″W / 40.0122°N 75.1291°W / 40.0122; -75.1291) The school serves several neighborhoods, including Fairhill. The original Edison High School building was opened in 1903 as the all male Northeast Manual Training High School located at 8th Street and Lehigh Avenue. Eventually the school became Northeast High School. The auditorium was added in 1916 and in 1936 vocational education shops and many regular classrooms were added to the original building. The building had been vacant since 2002 and was recently sold to developers. Sadly, the...