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Fourteenth Ward Industrial School

Coordinates: 40°43′24.5″N 73°59′40″W / 40.723472°N 73.99444°W / 40.723472; -73.99444
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Fourteenth Ward Industrial School
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Location256-258 Mott Street, Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°43′24.5″N 73°59′40″W / 40.723472°N 73.99444°W / 40.723472; -73.99444
Built1888-89[2]
ArchitectVaux & Radford[2]
Architectural styleVictorian Gothic[2]
NRHP reference No.83001724[1]
NYCL No.0960
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 1983
Designated NYCLJuly 12, 1977

The Fourteenth Ward Industrial School is located at 256-258 Mott Street between Prince and Houston Streets in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built for the Children's Aid Society in 1888–89, with funds provided by John Jacob Astor III, and was designed by the firm of Vaux & Radford in the Victorian Gothic style.[2] The Society built a number of schools for indigent children at the time.[2] It was later known as the Astor Memorial School.[3]

The building, which is now in residential use, was designated a New York City landmark in 1977, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
  3. ^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5., p.87