{"nrhp_refnum":"84003437","name":"Irving, Washington, High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18 N. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tarrytown","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.059068944000046,"lon":-73.85736226099993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former high school at 18 North Broadway in Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York, built in 1897-1898 to designs by local architect A.J. Manning. It is a two and one-half story brick building in Elizabethan style on a one-acre site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact, representative example of turn-of-the-century Elizabethan institutional architecture and one of only two known surviving works by architect A.J. Manning. It also reflects Tarrytown's late nineteenth-century growth, which led to the expansion of the school system, and it served for decades as a center of educational and cultural activity.","narrative":"Built in 1897-1898, this former high school at 18 North Broadway in Tarrytown was designed by local architect A.J. Manning and constructed with builder James Parr. The two and one-half story building has brick walls trimmed with terra-cotta and stone, projecting gabled bays, Tudor-arched windows and a timber-framed entrance porch, all in the Elizabethan style. It cost about $100,000 and was considered one of the most modern school buildings in Westchester County, with up-to-date heating and ventilation, laboratories and separate gymnasiums. It was renamed the Frank R. Pierson School in 1925 when a new high school opened, and served as an elementary school until 1979. Its significance rests on its architecture, its link to Tarrytown's growth and school expansion, and its role as a community center. Manning's other known surviving work is limited. A fire in 1985 destroyed the roof and dormers, but the masonry exterior and its decorative detail survived, and rehabilitation as housing was planned.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"A.J. Manning (architect); James Parr of Tarrytown (builder)","architectural_style":"Elizabethan style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as vacant; it was being converted to senior citizen housing when a March 1985 fire destroyed the roof, dormers and parts of the central interior. The exterior masonry walls survived and rehabilitation was planned.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.245324-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84003437.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003437/5063de32cc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003437/5063de32cc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TarrytownNY_FormerWashingtonIrvingHighSchool.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</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:TarrytownNY_FormerWashingtonIrvingHighSchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323067","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving_High_School_(Tarrytown,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7971995"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/irving-washington-high-school-84003437/"}