Public School 71K

119 Heyward St., New York, New York. County/parish: Kings.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 04, 1982. NRIS 82001181.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Public School 71K

Public School 71K is a historic school building located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. It contains the Beis Rochel School, a Satmar girls-only private Jewish school. It was built in 1888–1889 to designs by James W. Naughton. It is a symmetrical three story, brick building with stone trim in the French Second Empire style. It features a tall central tower with a high mansard roof and original iron cresting.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

This building has an exact twin in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn: the Excellence Charter School at 225 Patchen Ave.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318501

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