{"nrhp_refnum":"07000332","name":"Public School No. 13","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"160 McLean Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Yonkers","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.91585411700004,"lon":-73.89000535599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Public School No. 13 is a three-and-one-half-story Neoclassical brick and stone school building at 160 McLean Avenue in the City of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. The first section was completed in 1900, with a south wing added in 1905 and an east wing in 1910.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is architecturally significant locally as an intact example of early 20th century school design. It reflects fireproofing, heating and ventilation, and room-planning ideas of the Progressive era, and it also reflects Yonkers' rapid growth around 1900. This significance holds despite a long period of vacancy.","narrative":"Public School No. 13 is a brick and granite schoolhouse at the corner of McLean and Park Hill Avenues in Yonkers, New York. Its first section opened in 1900 to designs by New York architect C.C. Chipman, with P.J. Flannery as general contractor. A south wing followed in 1905 and an east wing in 1910. The building rises three and one-half stories above a raised granite basement, topped by pyramidal slate roofs with large dormers. An off-center entry porch with stone arches and Corinthian pilasters gives the facade its Neoclassical character. Inside, wide intersecting corridors, Georgia pine floors, slate chalkboards, cloakrooms and a third-floor auditorium reflect contemporary thinking on school planning, ventilation and fire safety. The property is recognized locally for its largely intact design and for what it shows about Yonkers' rapid population growth around 1900. Vacant for over twenty-five years, it has suffered roof leaks and interior deterioration, though its historic plan survives.","period_of_significance":"1900-1910","architect_builder":"Chipman, C.C., architect; Flannery, P.J., general contractor","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival (described in the text as Neoclassical)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Vacant for more than twenty-five years; water infiltration from roof failures has damaged historic plasterwork and wood trim, and the slate roof is deteriorated.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.842722-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07000332.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000332/82c988de32-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000332/82c988de32-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PS_13_Yonkers_McLean_Avenue_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PS_13_Yonkers_McLean_Avenue_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323183","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_School_No._13","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7257567"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/public-school-no-13-07000332/"}