{"nrhp_refnum":"84002065","name":"Public School 17","other_names":["City Island Community Centre and Historical Nautical Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"190 Fordham St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.84717451500006,"lon":-73.78437619099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Public School 17 is a two-story brick Neo-Georgian school at 190 Fordham Street on City Island in the Bronx, built in 1897-98 and designed by C.B.J. Snyder. It now serves as a community centre and nautical museum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a representative example of Georgian Revival school architecture and an important early work by Snyder, superintendent of school buildings in New York City. It was the only school on City Island from 1898 until the 1940s. Its modest scale suits the low-rise seaside community around it.","narrative":"Public School 17 sits on a small grassy hill on Fordham Street on City Island in the Bronx. Built in 1897-98 to designs by C.B.J. Snyder, it is a two-story, five-bay brick building with a high basement, a slightly projecting central pavilion and a wooden entrance porch with Doric columns and a segmental pediment. A Palladian window and an oculus in the gable mark the front. A three-story rear addition was built in 1930 and is described as compatible with the original. The city offered to build the school in return for City Island voting in 1895 to join New York City and the Bronx. It was the island's only school until the 1940s. Snyder later became the first superintendent of school buildings for the consolidated city system. The Georgian Revival design suits the small houses of the neighborhood. After the school closed in 1975, a local committee leased it, and it now houses a community centre and nautical museum.","period_of_significance":"1897-1898","architect_builder":"C.B.J. Snyder","architectural_style":"Neo-Georgian / Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a school until 1975; since then leased from the City and used as the City Island Community Centre and Historical Nautical Museum. Form marks it occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.243835-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002065.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002065/4a51abad81-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002065/4a51abad81-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Bigtimepeace","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_Island_Nautical_Museum.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Bigtimepeace</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_Island_Nautical_Museum.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316507","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_School_17","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7257552"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/public-school-17-84002065/"}