{"nrhp_refnum":"81000401","name":"Public School 15","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4010 Dyre Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.89089115200005,"lon":-73.83058347399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-12-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Public School 15 is a red brick Victorian Gothic schoolhouse at 4010 Dyre Avenue in the Bronx, New York, built in 1877 on an open lawn site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare surviving rural red brick schoolhouse in New York City. It also holds a special place in the history of the former southern part of the town of Eastchester, which it served before joining New York City in 1898.","narrative":"Public School 15 is a red brick schoolhouse at 4010 Dyre Avenue in the Bronx, completed in 1877. Simon Williams, head teacher at the earlier school, designed it in a modified Victorian Gothic style, and Edward Cordial, a local builder, constructed it. The H-shaped building has two steep gabled pavilions, segmental-arched windows, bull's-eye windows in the side gables, bracketed cornices and a bell tower with a pyramidal roof. It sits on a rough-faced stone foundation on an open lawn above the street. The school served the southern part of the town of Eastchester, which became part of New York City in 1898. Andrew George donated the acre for the site after the earlier 1790 school proved inadequate. The nomination values it as a rare example of rural schoolhouse architecture in a densely built city. After about a century as a school it was closed, and residents rallied to preserve it. It now serves as a community center.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1877)","architect_builder":"Edward Cordial/Simon Williams","architectural_style":"Modified Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Closed as a school by the Board of Education after about one hundred years; now a community center serving the surrounding residential area. Owned by the City of New York and listed as occupied, in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.978607-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/81000401.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000401/62a42ec155-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000401/62a42ec155-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dark_Dyre_PS15_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:Dark_Dyre_PS15_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316505","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_School_15","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7257550"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/public-school-15-81000401/"}