Public School 17 | |
 City Island Historical Society and Nautical Museum, September 2009 | |
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| Location | 190 Fordham Street, Bronx, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°50′51″N 73°47′4″W / 40.84750°N 73.78444°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1897 |
| Architect | Snyder, C. B. J. |
| Architectural style | Gothic, Neo-Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002065 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 27, 1984 |
Public School 17 is a historic school located at City Island in the Bronx, New York City. It was designed by architect C. B. J. Snyder (1860–1945) and built in 1897 in the Neo-Georgian style. A rear addition was built in 1930. It is a two-story, five-bay brick building on a high basement. It features a shallow wooden entrance porch with Doric order columns.
It served as a school until 1975. The City Island Nautical Museum opened in 1976,[2] and when New York City sold the building to developer Haim Joseph for $500,000 in the 1980s to develop into condominium apartments, the museum and a community center received a 99-year rent-free lease, and reopened in 1995 after renovations.[3][4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
A fire allegedly set by vandals on July 13, 2007, damaged the building's façade.[5]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Merrill Hesch (August 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Public School 17". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-01-12. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
- ^ Corinne Lestch (February 3, 2012). "Famed City Island School-Turned-Condo Complex from 1890s Designated as City Landmark". Daily News. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
- ^ Julie Besonen (May 30, 2014). "Artifacts and History, Steeped in Brine". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
- ^ Ethan Rouen (July 31, 2007). "City Island Battles Fire - and Vandals". Daily News. Retrieved 2017-04-09.