Public School No. 13
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Public School No. 13 is a historic school
building located at Yonkers
, Westchester County, New York
. It was built in 1900, with additions in 1905 and 1910. It is a 3½-story, asymmetrical, steel- and wood-frame building in a Neoclassical
style. It has stone, brick, and structural clay walls. It has an interlocking pyramidal roof clad in polychromatic slate
tiles and punctuated by large dormer
s. The building has been converted to apartments.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 2007.
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
building located at Yonkers
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the state of New York , and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976...
, Westchester County, New York
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...
. It was built in 1900, with additions in 1905 and 1910. It is a 3½-story, asymmetrical, steel- and wood-frame building in a Neoclassical
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...
style. It has stone, brick, and structural clay walls. It has an interlocking pyramidal roof clad in polychromatic slate
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
tiles and punctuated by large dormer
Dormer
A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and usually also by enabling addition of windows.Often...
s. The building has been converted to apartments.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2007.