St. Paul's School (Garden City, New York)

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location= Garden City, New York
locmapin = New York
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built =1871
architect= Kellum,John; Harrison,Henry G.
architecture= Other, Italianate
added = November 14, 1978
governing_body = Local
refnum=78001864cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

St. Paul's School is a 500 room brick edifice in the Village of Garden City, New York, United States.

This building of High Victorian Gothic design, erected in 1879 along with the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, and St. Mary's School, as a memorial to the multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart, is currently vacant. It was originally an all-boys college preparatory and science boarding school owned by the Cathedral of the Incarnation in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. Its aim was professed by its headmaster Frederick Luther Gamage to be to "develop manly, Christian character, a strong physique, and the power to think."

The building was sold to the Incorporated Village of Garden City in 1993. The residents of Garden City are as of yet unable to come up with a viable reuse plan for the school. The AIA Architectural Guide to Nassau and Suffolk Counties describes the building as having "poly-chromatic voussoir arched windows, elaborate cast-iron balustrades, and Dorchester stone trim." The building was selected in 2003 by the Preservation League of New York State as one of its "Seven to Save" endangered properties ( [http://www.splia.org/newsletter/fall2003/stpauls.html view newsletter] ).On December 16, 2004 the Village Board of the Incorporated Village of Garden City voted to dedicate the 48 acre (194,000 m²) St. Paul's School site as Parkland. Reversal of this designation may be given if overwhelming support for a particular use is found for the building and/or property. The two most viable options currently is either demolition or to allow Avalon Bay Properties to develop private residences, utilizing the current structure where possible.

Notable alumni

*Henry C. Allen (1872-1942), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1905 to 1907. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000124 Henry Crosby Allen biography] , United States Congress. Accessed August 11, 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.savestpauls.org Committee to Save St. Paul's]
* [http://www.nationaltrust.org/Magazine/archives/arc_news/040704.htm Article "Uncertain Fate for Long Island School"]
* [http://www.oldkewgardens.com/ss-media/media-0060-6-OL.html Historic News Clipping from Old Days of St. Paul's School]
* [http://www.antonnews.com/gardencitylife/2004/12/24/news/stpaul.html News Clipping from Garden City Life reporting on the Dedication of St. Paul's School as Park Land]
* [http://www.gardencityny.net/administration.htm Incorporated Village of Garden City Website with links to St. Paul's "Village Facts"]