Friends Meetinghouse and School
The Friends Meetinghouse and School is a Quaker meeting house and adjacent school building at the corner of Schermerhorn Street and Boerum Place in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
Friends Meetinghouse and School | |
Location | 110 Schermerhorn Street Brooklyn, New York City |
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Coordinates | 40°41′24″N 73°59′23″W |
Built | 1857 |
Architect | Charles T. Bunting (attributed)[1] William Tubby |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 82001179[2] |
NYCL No. | 2005 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 4, 1982 |
Designated NYCL | October 27, 1981 |
The meeting house, at 110 Schermerhorn Street, was built in 1857 and is a 3+1⁄2-story building built of red brick with brownstone details. Its design is attributed to Charles T. Bunting.[3]
The school, located at 112 Schermerhorn Street, was built in 1902 and is a three-story red brick building located adjacent to the meeting house, at 112 Schermerhorn Street. It was designed by William Tubby, a prominent Brooklyn architect,[3] to house the Brooklyn Friends School. Tubby was himself a Quaker and an early graduate of the school.[4]
The meeting house remains in regular use as a house of worship by the Brooklyn Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.[5] The Brooklyn Friends School moved to another site nearby in 1973.[6] As of 2015, the school building houses Brooklyn Frontiers High School, an alternative school operated by the New York City Department of Education.
The meeting house was designated a New York City landmark in 1981,[1] and the meeting house and school together were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]
References
Notes
- Dibble, James E. (October 27, 1981). "Friends Meeting House (designation report)" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- Anne B. Covell (September 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Friends Meetinghouse and School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2011. See also: "Accompanying three photos". Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- "William Bunker Tubby - the first architect of BFS". The Blue and Gray. Brooklyn Friends School.
- "Brooklyn Monthly Meeting". Brooklyn Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- Martin, John R. "A New Adventure Begins on Pearl Street". The Brooklyn Friends School Archives. Brooklyn Friends School. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
External links
- Media related to Friends Meeting House (Brooklyn) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website