P.S. 135

P.S. 135
(2013)
Location931 1st Avenue
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°45′17″N 73°57′57″W / 40.75472°N 73.96583°W / 40.75472; -73.96583
Built1892
ArchitectGeorge W. Debevoise
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.80002710[1]
NYSRHP No.06101.000637
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 27, 1980
Designated NYSRHPSeptember 4, 1980

P.S. 135 (Public School 135),[2][3] also known as P.S. 35 (Public School 35),[4] 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[2][5] on the site of "Mount Pleasant", the estate of James Beekman.[6] The school was designed by George W. Debevoise in the Romanesque Revival style,[2] and has been at various times a community center, a homeless shelter and a nursery school, as well as the United Nations International School.[6][7] 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, The Beekman Regent designed by architect Costas Kondylis, was built inside the facade of the building in 2000.[8][9][10]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7. p.345
  3. ^ "The 1893 Public School 135 – No. 193 1st Avenue " on the Daytonian in Manhattan website
  4. ^ Morgansen, Thomas G. "P.S. 135, Nee 35" (letter to the editor) The New York Times (September 6, 1987)
  5. ^ "School Vacation Over" The New York Times (September 10, 1892)
  6. ^ a b "Exploring Turtle Bay" on the Turtle Bay Association website
  7. ^ "Mayor Offers U.N. East Side Building For Use as School" The New York Times (December 15, 1967)
  8. ^ New York City Geographic Information System map
  9. ^ "Building facades saved from the wrecking ball" Ephemeral New York (November 25, 2009)
  10. ^ "They're Part of a New 19-Story Condo at 351 East 51st Street; Saving 1893 School's Facades" The New York Times (October 1, 2000)
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