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C.B.J. Snyder
- Superintendent of School buildings C.B.J. Snyder designed a seven-story brick, limestone, and terra-cotta structure with an imposing arched entrance, paired round-arched Florentine Renaissance windows on the seventh floor, a deep cornice, and a tiled hip roof.
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The building in which the school is located was designed by the architect C.B.J. Snyder and built in 1913. The original building is eight stories high, though the extension on 16th Street designed by Walter C. Martin and built in 1938, is twelve stories high. The school's first principal was William McAndrew. [ 4 ][ 5 ]
Dec 18, 2013 · James Breton is a sophomore at the Academy for Software Engineering, one of several small schools now housed in New York's Washington Irving High School building.
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Mar 4, 2021 · Designed by Irvington architect Alfred J. Manning and constructed by local builder James Parr in 1898, the Washington Irving High School is notable for its turn-of-the-century Elizabethan architecture.
Irving Elementary School was named for Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859), an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian and diplomat. Washington Irving is best known for his short stories “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.”
Before Washington Irving High School occupied Irving Place & 16th Street it was home to the National Conservatory of Music. The world famous Antonín Dvořák was the Director in the 1890s. He lived two blocks away near the statue of him in Stuyvesant Square Park.
History. Washington Irving High School. The school was founded as an all-girls school due in large part to the efforts of Patrick F. McGowan, then head of the Board of Education and later acting mayor of New York City. The school is named after the writer Washington Irving.
Washington Irving High School, named after the renowned author, stands as a testament to the legacy of high-rise schools in New York City. Constructed in 1913, it exemplifies the innovative solution to address the overcrowding crisis in older sections of the city where land values soared.
