P.S. 135

	P.S. 135
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	(2013)
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Location	931 1st Avenue; Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°45′17″N 73°57′57″W / 40.75472°N 73.96583°WCoordinates: 40°45′17″N 73°57′57″W / 40.75472°N 73.96583°W
Built	1890
Architect	George W. Debevoise
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	80002710
Added to NRHP	October 27, 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] on the site of "Mouth Pleasant", the estate of James Beekman.^[5] 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.^[5] There was an addition made to the building in 1904.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. A condominium tower was built inside the facade of the building in 2000.^[6]^[7]

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Notes

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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
^ "The 1893 Public School 135 -- No. 193 1st Avenue " on the Daytonian in Manhattan website
^ Morgansen, Thomas G. "P.S. 135, Nee 35" (letter to the editor) New York Times (September 6, 1987)
^ ^a ^b "Exploring Turtle Bay" on the Turtle Bay Association website
^ New York City Geographic Information System map
^ "Building facades saved from the wrecking ball" Ephemeral New York (November 25, 2009)

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[aia-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) New York Times (September 6, 1987)

[tbay-5] "Exploring Turtle Bay" on the Turtle Bay Association website

[6] New York City Geographic Information System map

[7] "Building facades saved from the wrecking ball" Ephemeral New York (November 25, 2009)

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