P.S. 157
P.S. 157 | |
Location | 327 St Nicholas Avenue Harlem. New York City |
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Coordinates | 40°48′42″N 73°57′9″W / 40.81167°N 73.95250°W |
Built | 1896-99 |
Architect | C. B. J. Snyder |
Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 82003387[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 10, 1982 |
P.S. 157 is a historic school building located at 327
History
P.S. 157 – "P.S." stands for "Public School" – signified a philosophical change in school design from what the Real Estate Record and Guide described as a tradition of "the school life of a child as a grinding, manufacturing process to which the factory style of building is eminently suitable." In 1891 Snyder took over as chief architect for the city's schools from George Debevois, whose buildings the Guide called "warehouses" that were a "civic disgrace." Work on the school began in 1896, and it opened in 1899 to 1,974 students in 45 classrooms.[2]
Unlike Debevois' "factories", P.S. 157's design is derived from French and Flemish civic architecture. The limestone, brick and
The building functioned as a school until 1975, when it became vacant, and was subject to vandalism. The drive to rehabilitate the building and covert it into apartments for low- and middle-income families began in the late 1970s, led by New York state's Harlem Urban Development Corporation and the city's Department of Housing, Preservation and Development. Work began on the project c.1989
P.S. 157 was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1982.
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References
Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Gray, Christopher. "Public School 157; A Conversion to Serve Another Generation's Needy" The New York Times (April 18, 1989)
- ^ a b Alberts, Hana R. "Live In A Historic Converted Harlem School For $2,300/Month" CurbedNY (February 11, 2014)