{"nrhp_refnum":"75001192","name":"Erasmus Hall Academy","other_names":["Erasmus Hall Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Between Flatbush, Bedford, Church, and Snyder Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.64951111400006,"lon":-73.95734124299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-11-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1786 wood-framed Federal style school building, about 36 by 100 feet, standing in the courtyard of Erasmus Hall High School between Flatbush and Bedford Avenues in Brooklyn, now used as a museum.","why_significant":"It housed one of the country's oldest secondary schools and the first secondary school chartered by the Regents of New York State. It is a distinguished example of a Federal style frame building and one of the few surviving immediately post-Revolutionary War structures in New York City.","narrative":"Erected in 1786 in what is now Brooklyn, this two-and-a-half-story clapboard building of wood frame on a stone basement served as Erasmus Hall Academy. The academy began in 1787 with funds from figures including John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, on land given by the Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church. It was the first secondary school chartered by the Regents of New York State. The building has a three-bay facade with quoins, a four-columned porch, a pediment set into the hipped roof, and a Palladian window on the second floor. It was altered over time: a section at the south end was removed in 1911, and the structure was later moved to the center of a quadrangle of Collegiate Gothic school buildings and restored, mainly between 1946 and 1952. It now serves as a museum holding a 1522 Bible, the original school bell and period furniture. It is one of the few surviving post-Revolutionary War structures in New York City.","period_of_significance":"18th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal style / late Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a museum and in excellent condition; altered, moved and restored, with major restoration work carried out between about 1946 and 1952.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.799326-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/75001192.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001192/2a3562bbd1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001192/2a3562bbd1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erasmus_Hall_HS_long_jeh.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erasmus_Hall_HS_long_jeh.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318377","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_Hall_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5384959"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/erasmus-hall-academy-75001192/"}