Centre at St. Paul's (Garden City, New York)
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New York /
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Garden City, New York
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/ New York
/ Garden City
World / United States / New York
NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Gothic revival (architecture), interesting place, 1870_construction, historical building
St. Paul's School was designed c. 1871 by Henry G. Harrison (Edward H. Harris is also credited and reportedly John Kellum) in the Ruskinian Gothic style for the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. Funds were donated by Cornelia M. Stewart, widow of the department store magnate Alexander Turney Stewart. St. Paul’s School was the largest structure in a complex of buildings, and lasted as a successful educational institution until closing in 1991, following a bankruptcy within the Episcopal Diocese.
Among the building’s many unique architectural features include a tall clock and bell tower, stained glass windows in the chapel, a pipe organ, intricate floor tiles, murals, opulent woodwork, cast iron stairs and railings, and artisan carved stone trims/details. The Chapel’s stained-glass windows were made by the Clayton Belle & Co. of London, with the exception of one Tiffany window west of the altar. This Tiffany Window was donated in 1892 by the Newcomb Family in memory of their late son, Thomas Newcomb Jr. who passed away while attending St. Paul’s School. A Latin inscription under this window reads “Ad dei Glorium: Et in Memoriam Thomas Newcomb, Jun. Qai Mortuis Est. VIII Kal. Feb., A.D. MDCCCXCI Annos XV Natus” The window cost $2,000 in 1892, equating to about $51,834 today. The floor tiles throughout the building were made by the Minton Tile Co. The bell in the clock tower was made in 1882 by the Meneely Bell Company of Troy, NY. Since the building was vacated in 1991, it has remained empty and building maintenance has been neglected due to lack of municipal funds.
A new, incompatible reuse plan put in action in 2020 by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners intends on largely gutting the building and turning it into a sporting arena. The new name moving forward will be "Centre at St. Paul's".
stpaulsreports.org/
preservationlongisland.org/st-pauls-school-village-of-g...
cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16373co...'s%20school!Garden%20City%20Village%20Archives%20Collection/field/subjec!relatig/mode/exact!exact/conn/and!and/order/date/ad/asc
www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/nyregion/17land.html?hp
Among the building’s many unique architectural features include a tall clock and bell tower, stained glass windows in the chapel, a pipe organ, intricate floor tiles, murals, opulent woodwork, cast iron stairs and railings, and artisan carved stone trims/details. The Chapel’s stained-glass windows were made by the Clayton Belle & Co. of London, with the exception of one Tiffany window west of the altar. This Tiffany Window was donated in 1892 by the Newcomb Family in memory of their late son, Thomas Newcomb Jr. who passed away while attending St. Paul’s School. A Latin inscription under this window reads “Ad dei Glorium: Et in Memoriam Thomas Newcomb, Jun. Qai Mortuis Est. VIII Kal. Feb., A.D. MDCCCXCI Annos XV Natus” The window cost $2,000 in 1892, equating to about $51,834 today. The floor tiles throughout the building were made by the Minton Tile Co. The bell in the clock tower was made in 1882 by the Meneely Bell Company of Troy, NY. Since the building was vacated in 1991, it has remained empty and building maintenance has been neglected due to lack of municipal funds.
A new, incompatible reuse plan put in action in 2020 by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners intends on largely gutting the building and turning it into a sporting arena. The new name moving forward will be "Centre at St. Paul's".
stpaulsreports.org/
preservationlongisland.org/st-pauls-school-village-of-g...
cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16373co...'s%20school!Garden%20City%20Village%20Archives%20Collection/field/subjec!relatig/mode/exact!exact/conn/and!and/order/date/ad/asc
www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/nyregion/17land.html?hp
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°43'32"N 73°38'51"W
- Broadway–Flushing Historic District 15 km
- Rye Playland 27 km
- Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge 27 km
- Prospect Park 29 km
- Central Park 29 km
- The Brooklyn Bridge 30 km
- Green-Wood Cemetery 31 km
- Governor's Island 32 km
- Fort Hancock Historic Core 42 km
- Ridgewood Country Club 45 km
- Garden City Golf Club 0.6 km
- Cherry Valley Country Club 0.9 km
- Garden City South, NY 1.8 km
- Mott Section 2.1 km
- Garden City Park, New York 2.4 km
- Roosevelt Field Mall 3.2 km
- Carle Place, New York 4.1 km
- Nassau County, New York 5.2 km
- Uniondale, New York 5.3 km
- Town of North Hempstead 8.3 km