Public School 66

Public School 66

PS 66 Queens, November 2012
Location 85-11 102nd St., Richmond Hill, New York
Coordinates 40°41′52″N 73°50′47″W / 40.69778°N 73.84639°W / 40.69778; -73.84639Coordinates: 40°41′52″N 73°50′47″W / 40.69778°N 73.84639°W / 40.69778; -73.84639
Area less than one acre
Built 1898
Architect Snyder, CBJ; Board of Education, Union Free
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP Reference #

03000850

[1]
Added to NRHP August 28, 2003

Public School 66, also known as the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, and formally known as Brooklyn Hills School, is a historic school building in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York. It was designed by noted architect C. B. J. Snyder (1860–1945) and built in 1898. It is a  2 1⁄2-story brick structure in the Romanesque style. It has a prominent, off-center tower with belfry. It features a slate roof and decorative stucco frieze. The school has a fortress-like appearance, including prominent round arches highlighting window openings, and a distinctive six-story tower.[2] The building was restored in 2001 and remains in use as a New York City Public School.[3]

PS 66 is also a relic from the time when Richmond Hill, Queens was a farming community, and was transitioning into an urban residential neighborhood.[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

In 2008, Caroline Kennedy pleads to the New York City Council to save the school named after her mother Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, by approving the school as a city historic landmark.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Public School 66" (PDF). nyc.gov. Landmarks Preservation Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Kathy Howe (March 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Public School 66" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying 10 photographs
  4. ↑ "Public School 66" (PDF). nyc.gov. Landmarks Preservation Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Hirshon, Nicolas (December 19, 2008). "Save Jackie's School". Daily News.


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