{"nrhp_refnum":"83003986","name":"Public School 7","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"131-143 York St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.70174005700005,"lon":-73.98540959799993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-11-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Public School 7 is a three-story pressed brick and sandstone school at 131-143 York Street in Brooklyn, New York, built in 1882 with a two-story annex added about 1907.","why_significant":"It is architecturally significant as one of the first public schools designed by James Naughton, Brooklyn's Superintendent of Buildings for the Board of Education, and one of few of his schools to survive. Its neo-Grec and Gothic detailing represent his early work, and the c. 1907 annex with baths and an auditorium reflects the public health movement in schools. It also continues a school site in use since 1840.","narrative":"Public School 7 is a small, red pressed-brick school on York Street in Brooklyn, between the Manhattan Bridge and the Navy Yard. Completed in 1882, it has sandstone trim, a projecting gabled entrance bay, and a mix of neo-Grec, Italianate and Gothic details, including lancet windows above the main door. It was designed by James Naughton, who served the Brooklyn Board of Education and designed its schools for about two decades. The building is considered a distinctive example of his early work and one of only a few of his schools still standing. A two-story annex added around 1907 held showers and an auditorium, amenities that spread through schools as part of the public health movement. The site had hosted a district school since 1840, and the Board of Education used the building until the 1970s. Some alterations have occurred, but it remains largely intact. It is now vacant, with plans to convert it to apartments.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"James Naughton","architectural_style":"Neo-Grec and Gothic detailing (annex in a Neoclassical idiom)","criteria":[],"status_note":"The form states the school is vacant, with plans to rehabilitate it into apartments. The Board of Education used it until the 1970s.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.2331-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83003986.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003986/4cefb0f8dc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003986/4cefb0f8dc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PS_7_from_Bridge_Street,_DUMBO.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PS_7_from_Bridge_Street,_DUMBO.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00001151","name":"DUMBO Industrial District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/dumbo-industrial-district-00001151/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318499","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_School_7","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7257556"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/public-school-7-83003986/"}