P.S. 135

P.S. 135
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York State Register of Historic Places
(2013)
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Location	931 1st Avenue Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°45′17″N73°57′57″W / 40.75472°N 73.96583°W / 40.75472; -73.96583
Built	1892
Architect	George W. Debevoise
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	80002710 [1]
NYSRHP No.	06101.000637
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 27, 1980
Designated NYSRHP	September 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. ^[8] A condominium tower, The Beekman Regent designed by architect Costas Kondylis, was built inside the facade of the building in 2000. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

See also

• Facadism
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets

References

Notes

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. 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. "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. Andrew S. Dolkart and Anne B. Covell (March 1980). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Public School 35. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 10, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
9. New York City Geographic Information System map
10. "Building facades saved from the wrecking ball" Ephemeral New York (November 25, 2009)
11. "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)

External links

• Media related to P.S. 135 at Wikimedia Commons