P.S. 135 Explained

P.S. 135
Location:931 1st Avenue
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates:40.7547°N -73.9658°W
Built:1890
Architect:George W. Debevoise
Architecture:Romanesque
Added:October 27, 1980
Refnum:80002710
Designated Other1:New York State Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Number:06101.000637
Designated Other1 Abbr:NYSRHP
Designated Other1 Date:September 4, 1980

P.S. 135 (Public School 135),[1] [2] also known as P.S. 35 (Public School 35),[3] is a historic school building located at 931 First Avenue at East 51st Street in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1892 on the site of "Mount Pleasant", the estate of James Beekman.[4] The school was designed by George W. Debevoise in the Romanesque revival style., and has been at various times a community center, a homeless shelter and a nursery school, as well as the United Nations International School.[5] There was an addition made to the building in 1904.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. A condominium tower was built inside the facade of the building in 2000.[6] [7]

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  1. p.345
  2. http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-1893-public-school-135-no-193-1st.html "The 1893 Public School 135 -- No. 193 1st Avenue "
  3. Morgansen, Thomas G. "P.S. 135, Nee 35" (letter to the editor) New York Times (September 6, 1987)
  4. http://turtlebay-nyc.org/places.html "Exploring Turtle Bay"
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/15/archives/mayor-offers-un-east-side-building-for-use-as-school.html "Mayor Offers U.N. East Side Building For Use as School"
  6. http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/?z=8&p=993701,214294&c=GISBasic&s=a:931,FIRST+AVENUE,MANHATTAN New York City Geographic Information System map
  7. http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/931-first-avenue/ "Building facades saved from the wrecking ball"