COLLECTION NAME:
The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection
Record
Landmark Name:
Herman Ridder Junior High School
LP Number:
LP-01628
Landmark Type:
Individual Landmark
Designation Date:
12/11/1990
Image Type:
Designation Photos
Address:
1619 Boston Road
BIN:
2009867
BBL:
2029390093
Borough:
The Bronx
Block:
2939
Lot:
93
Architect or Builder:
Walter C. Martin
Date of Construction:
1929
Owner or Developer:
City of New York, Board of Education
Style Primary:
Art Deco
Material Primary:
Yellow Brick
Material Secondary:
Limestone
Material Tertiary:
Granite
Material Quaternary:
Terra Cotta
Use Original:
Civic, school
Building Type:
School
Notes:
The first thoroughly modernistic Art Deco public school building in New York City and first junior high school to depart in design from a standard elementary school plan.
File Name:
LP1628_024.tif
Herman Ridder Junior High School
