Category:208 West 13th Street
The building at 208 West 13th Street between Seventh and Greenwich Avenues in the West Village neighborhood of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City was built c.1869 as Public School 16, later the Food and Maritime Trades Vocational High School, in the Italianate style, possible designed by Thomas R. Jackson. The school was expanded c.1859 and c.1899 by C.B.J. Snyder. The building was converted into a community center in 1997 by Francoise Bollack, and is currently the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Services Center, which bought the building in 1983. The front of the building says "Kaplan Diamond Building". The building is located in the Greenwich Village Historic District.
Sources:
- AIA Guide to NYC (5th ed.)
- Greenwich Village Historic District, Volume 1 197–198. w:New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (1969). Retrieved on July 8, 2022.
- "History" on the LGBT Community Services Center website
- "A Gay Landmark, 25, Built Before the Civil War", The New York Times
Media in category "208 West 13th Street"
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- Built in New York City in 1869
- Italianate architecture in New York City
- Defunct schools in New York City
- Community centers in New York City
- LGBT in New York (state)
- Thomas R. Jackson
- Built in New York City in 1879
- Built in New York City in 1887
- C. B. J. Snyder
- Françoise Bollack
- West Village
- 13th Street (Manhattan)
- Greenwich Village Historic District
- Schools in Greenwich Village, Manhattan
- Culinary schools
- Former CTE high schools in New York City
- Park West High School