C. B. J. Snyder

Snyder was born November 4, 1860, in Stillwater, New York. He was the middle of three children born to George I. Snyder (1834-?), a harness maker, and Charity Ann Snyder ({{née|Shonts}}, 1834–1919).1870 US Federal Census, Saratoga Springs, New York His two siblings, both sisters, were Ella G. Snyder (1857–1876) and Katy Snyder (b. approx 1865).

Snyder was a member of the Kane Lodge No. 454, Free and Accepted Masons (New York City); the Jerusalem Chapter, No. 8, Royal Arch Masons (New York City); Order of Harugari, Martha Lodge No. 1,830 of Union Hill, New Jersey;"Order of Harugari", The Evening Journal November 20, 1897; p. 9, col. 3 and the Royal Arcanum Huguenot Council, No. 397 (New Rochelle).{{cite web|title=Royal Arcanum|url=http://www.royalarcanum.com/|accessdate=August 5, 2008|archive-date=January 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115222222/http://www.royalarcanum.com/|url-status=live}}

He completed public schooling in Stillwater, New York. In 1879, he arrived in New York City, and worked four years with builders in preparation for his profession. In 1883, he began the practice of architecture.{{cite book

|first=Daniel

|last=Van Pelt

|title=Leslie's History of the Greater New York

|volume=III

|publisher=Arkell Publishing Company

|year=c. 1898

|page=543

}}

Snyder earned two credentials from Cooper Union technical schools: Cooper Union Free Night School of Science, Class C — Third-Year: May 28, 1881 — Certificate, Practical Geometry (name of record: "Charles Snyder");{{cite book

|title=The Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Trustees of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

|date=May 28, 1881

|publisher=M. Lowry & Co. Stationers and Printers

|location=New York

}} and Cooper Union School of Art, May 28, 1884 — Certificate, Elementary Architectural Drawing (name of record: "Chas. B.J. Snyder").{{cite book

|title=The Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

|date=May 28, 1884

|publisher=Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Co.

|location=New York

}}

Snyder married Harriet Katharine (or Katherine) de Vries on September 11, 1889, at the home of the bride's parents in Jersey City Heights.{{cite news|date=September 12, 1889|title=Snyder – De Vries|work=The New York Times}}Marriage Return, State of New Jersey, Hudson County

(b. Nov. 30, 1862 - d. May 25, 1927, Brooklyn). They had two sons, Howard Halsey Snyder (b. Oct. 15, 1890, New Rochelle - d. Mar. 1970, Babylon, NY) and Robert Maclay Snyder (b. September 6, 1894, New Rochelle - d. 1945).

From the mid to late 1880s, Snyder worked with William E. Bishop, a New York City master carpenter. Little is known about Bishop except that he was a lifelong volunteer fireman, holding leadership positions in various fire companies.{{cite book

|first=J. Frank "Florry"

|last=Kernan

|url=https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesol00kerngoog

|title=Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies and Volunteer Fire Departments of New York and Brooklyn

|publisher=Michael Crane

|year=1885}}

At its last meeting of the school year on July 8, 1891, the New York City Board of Education elected Snyder as Superintendent of Buildings to succeed George W. Debevoise after his resignation. Of the thirteen votes cast, Snyder received twelve.{{cite news|title=C.B.J. Snyder Chosen Superintendent of School Buildings|work=The New York Times|date=July 9, 1891}}

While Snyder initially oversaw Manhattan and The Bronx, the 1898 consolidation of Greater New York{{cite web

|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/nyc100/html/classroom/hist_info/100aniv.html

|title=The 100 Year Anniversary of the Consolidation of the 5 Boroughs into New York City

|publisher=New York City

|accessdate=June 29, 2007

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011221627/http://nyc.gov/html/nyc100/html/classroom/hist_info/100aniv.html

|archivedate=October 11, 2007

|url-status=dead

}} elevated him to the ultimate role of Superintendent of School Buildings for the entire city.

As Superintendent, Snyder thought of school buildings as civic monuments for a better society.{{cite book

|title=Proceedings of the Municipal Engineers of the City of New York, 1904

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZUKAAAAYAAJ&q=%22c.+b.+j.+snyder%22+%22Engineers%22&pg=PA46

|first=C.B.J.

|last=Snyder

|editor=W.H. Roberts

|year=1905

|publisher=Municipal Engineers of the City of New York

|access-date=December 7, 2020

|archive-date=March 4, 2023

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304194815/https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZUKAAAAYAAJ&q=%22c.+b.+j.+snyder%22+%22Engineers%22&pg=PA46

|url-status=live

}}{{cite web

|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/ps64.pdf

|title=Designation List 377, PS 64

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|date=June 20, 2006

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=December 3, 2008

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203235611/http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/ps64.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

• The H-plan design was first implemented by Snyder on a school (PS 165) in 1898 and was inspired by the Hotel de Cluny in Paris, which Snyder had seen in 1896.Traveling with his wife, Snyder returned, departing from Southampton, England, arriving in New York November 28, 1896, aboard the St. Paul, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.The BOE granted Snyder a six-week vacation with full pay. Journal of the Board of Education , 1069 (1899).{{cite news

|first=Christopher

|last=Gray

|title=Streetscapes/Charles B. J. Snyder; Architect Who Taught a Lesson in School Design

|work=The New York Times

|date=November 21, 1999

}}

In 1896 Snyder began designing his first "H-plan," which provided two side courts. Snyder's H-plan improved the overall environmental quality by, among other things, allowing generous light and fresh air into classrooms. The plan also allowed for grand courtyard entrances.{{cite web

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/21/realestate/streetscapes-charles-b-j-snyder-architect-who-taught-a-lesson-in-school-design.html?pagewanted=all

|title=Streetscapes/Charles B. J. Snyder; Architect Who Taught a Lesson in School Design

|work=The New York Times

|first=Christopher

|last=Gray

|date=November 21, 1999

|accessdate=March 17, 2008

|archive-date=July 28, 2018

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728004919/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/21/realestate/streetscapes-charles-b-j-snyder-architect-who-taught-a-lesson-in-school-design.html?pagewanted=all

|url-status=live

}} It also provided areas between the wings that were safe for recreation.

• The use of steel skeleton framing for buildings over four stories allowed for cheaper and faster construction, as well as an increased span of window openings.
• Because of the need to produce many buildings in a short time, Snyder's office improved the design and planning ideas of earlier schools and sometimes used the same basic design for several schools.{{cite web

|title=Designation List 348, Erasmus Hall High School (pg 5)

|url=http://home2.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/ehall.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|date=June 24, 2003

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=June 7, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607165018/http://home2.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/ehall.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

• Snyder reorganized the Deputy Superintendents so that each was responsible for a single part of the building — such as (i) design and planning, (ii) heating and ventilating, (iii) electricity, (iv) plumbing and drainage, (v) furniture, and (vi) inspection and records — and each reported directly to him.

:Note: Schools are listed by their original designation.

As Superintendent, Snyder is credited with the design of over 400 structural projects — including more than 140 elementary schools.{{cite web

|title=Designation List 377, (Former) Public School 64, pg.5

|url=http://home2.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/ps64.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=June 7, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607151536/http://home2.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/ps64.pdf

|url-status=live

}} Snyder worked in several styles, including Beaux Arts, English Collegiate Gothic, Jacobean, and Dutch Colonial. He preferred mid-block locations away from busy and polluted avenues. One of his signature motifs was to design spaces for learning that would offer a respite from noisy streets and poverty.{{cite news

|title=These Grand Old Schools Nurtured a City; Some Say It Is Time To Tear Them Down

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/14/nyregion/these-grand-old-schools-nurtured-a-city-some-say-it-is-time-to-tear-them-down.html

|first=Kit R.

|last=Roane

|work=The New York Times

|date=September 14, 1999

|access-date=July 27, 2018

|archive-date=July 28, 2018

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728003042/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/14/nyregion/these-grand-old-schools-nurtured-a-city-some-say-it-is-time-to-tear-them-down.html

|url-status=live

}}

File:The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York (1897) (14764706052).jpg

• Public School 17; now [http://www.cityislandmuseum.org/ City Island Museum] (190 Fordham St., E. of City Island Ave.){{cite web

|title=National Register of Historic Places - NEW YORK (NY), Bronx County

|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/Bronx/state.html

|publisher=

|date=January 26, 2006

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=August 20, 2020

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820045858/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ny/bronx/state.html

|url-status=live

}}

• PS 27 (519 St. Ann's Ave., btwn. 147th & 148th Sts.) NYC Landmark{{cite web

|title=Designation List 266, Public School 27

|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1995PublicSchool27.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|date=January 19, 1995

|accessdate=

|archive-date=March 11, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311043702/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1995PublicSchool27.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

• PS 28 (1861 Anthony Avenue, btwn Mt Hope Place and East Tremont Avenue) - a.k.a. The Mount Hope School, a plaque at the entrance verifies that Snyder was the architect, designing it in 1896–7, but the numeric designation on the plaque is altered
• PS 32 in Little Italy area, 183rd and Beaumont- a beautiful red-brick, terra-cotta & gargoyle redstone Gothic structure
• PS 50 172nd and Vyse Ave

• PS 95, 345 Van Sicklen Street
• PS 157, 850 Kent Avenue
• PS 133, 375 Butler Street
• PS 130, 70 Ocean Parkway
• PS 132, 320 Manhattan Avenue
• PS 154, 1625 11th Avenue

• PS 1, Alfred E. Smith School (8 Henry Street); this building featured what some believe was the world's first rooftop playgroundPlayground on a Roof, The Repository, Sept 15, 1896, pg. 12, Canton, Ohio
• PS 3 (490 Hudson St.); built in 1905-1906 after a previous school at that site had burned down.{{cite book |last1=Snyder |first1=C.B.J. |title=Modern School Houses |date=1910 |publisher=Swetland Publishing Co. |location=New York, NY |page=50 |url=https://archive.org/details/modernschoolhous00hamluoft/page/50/mode/1up |access-date=10 December 2021}} Now the Charrette School.
• Public School 9 (historic building) (466 West End Avenue at 82nd St.); PS 9 moved to a new building nearby in 1965, and the old building is now the Mickey Mantle School (PS 811M).{{cite web|title=Designation Report LP-2318: GRAMMAR SCHOOL NO. 9 (LATER PUBLIC SCHOOL 9/ JOHN JASPER SCHOOL, NOW MICKEY MANTLE SCHOOL/PUBLIC SCHOOL 811M)|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2318.pdf|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission|accessdate=15 January 2018|archive-date=December 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226212307/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2318.pdf|url-status=live}}
• PS 11, (320 W 21st St, Chelsea) one of few New York City public schools to have a swimming pool
• PS 12, (371 Madison St, Lower East Side) which also contains a swimming pool and two water-fountain adorned courtyards.
• PS 17, now PS 212 Midtown West (328 West 48th Street)
• PS 20, now the Rivington House (45 Rivington Street)
• PS 23 (70 Mulberry St., Chinatown), now a community center that houses, among other things, the Chen Dance Center.
• PS 40 (320 E 20th St. 10003)
• PS 42 (71 Hester St., Chinatown)
• PS 61 (610 E 12th St. 10009)
• PS 64 (605 E 9th St., Alphabet City) NYC Landmark{{cite web

|title=Designation List 377, (Former) Public School 64

|url=http://home2.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/ps64.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=June 7, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607151536/http://home2.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/ps64.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

• PS 67 (120 W 46th St., btwn 6th & 7th Aves.), later HS of Performing Arts; later Liberty HS, currently Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School NYC Landmark{{cite web

|title=Designation List 162, High School of the Performing Arts

|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1982HighSchoolPerformingArts.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|date=December 21, 1982

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=March 11, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311044120/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1982HighSchoolPerformingArts.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

• PS 90 (228 W 148th St. and 225 W 147th St., Central Harlem), built in 1905, the building had been abandoned for several decades, but artistic graffiti transformed the fence and walls into a shrine honoring several deceased renowned African Americans. On April 4, 2008, the City deeded the property to "West 147th Associates LLC," a condominium entity created in 2004 by the developer. With little fanfare, the developer, L+M Development Partners Inc., commenced construction of mixed-income condominiums; the aim is to refurbish the original facade and keep the "H pattern" design intact. The building is now addressed 217 W 147th St.
• PS 95 (Clarkson St., South Village), now HS 560 City As School
• PS 109 (215 East 99th St, East Harlem), now El Barrio's ArtSpace PS 109, an affordable housing project for artists; National Register{{cite web

|title=National Register of Historic Places - NEW YORK (NY), New York County

|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/new+york/state7.html

|publisher=

|date=January 26, 2006

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=July 6, 2008

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706062114/http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/New+York/state7.html

|url-status=live

}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.artspace.org/our-places/el-barrio-s-artspace-ps109 |title="El Barrio's Artspace PS109: An Artspace Project for East Harlem" |access-date=May 28, 2015 |archive-date=May 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528070448/http://www.artspace.org/our-places/el-barrio-s-artspace-ps109 |url-status=live }}

• PS 110 (285 Delancey St., Lower East Side)
• PS 150; later Hunter College Model School; later MachinrefMetal Trades HS; currently Life Sciences Secondary School (E 96th St.)
• PS 160 (107 Suffolk St., SWC or Rivington St.), now home to Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center
• PS 157 (327 St. Nicholas Ave.), apartments since 1990, about to convert into a co-op National Register{{cite web

|title=National Register of Historic Places - NEW YORK (NY), New York County

|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/new+york/vacant.html

|publisher=

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|date=January 26, 2006

|archive-date=October 29, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029215905/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/Ny/New+York/vacant.html

|url-status=live

}}

• PS 165 (234 West 109th St.), now housing selective middle school Mott Hall II (serving 6th-8th grades)[http://mott.echalk.com/ Mott Hall II - Homepage] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120710205941/http://mott.echalk.com/ |date=2012-07-10 }} in addition to the Robert E. Simon School (also called P.S. 165), which is a pre-K through 8 school.{{Cite web|title=HOME|url=https://www.ps165nyc.org/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=PS165|language=en|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815082439/https://www.ps165nyc.org/|url-status=live}}
• [http://www.ps166.org/ PS 166] (132 W 89th St.) NYC Landmark{{cite web

|title=Designation List 316, (Former) Public School 166

|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/2000PublicSchool166.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|date=June 27, 2000

|accessdate=April 22, 2008

|archive-date=March 11, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311041221/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/2000PublicSchool166.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

• PS 168 (317 E 104th St.), now a community health facility
• PS 171 (19 E 103rd St.), now PS/IS 171, the Patrick Henry School. Built 1899.{{cite web|title=Public School 171 Manhattan|url=http://www.nelliganwhite.com/project/view/preservation/Public+School+171+Manhattan|publisher=Nelligan White Architects|accessdate=20 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120063303/http://www.nelliganwhite.com/project/view/preservation/Public+School+171+Manhattan|archive-date=20 January 2015|url-status=dead}}
• PS 186 (521 W 145th St., Hamilton Heights, Harlem, 1/2 block E of Sugar Hill), in 1975 this structure was so run down that parents held protests and the city opened a new school across the street. The Convent Avenue Baptist Church bought it January 1986 with the intention of creating a new space for its M.L. Wilson Boys' Club (current name: Boys & Girls Club of Harlem, Inc.).{{cite web

|url=http://www.prattcenter.net/pubs/CB9/05-Recommendations_24-Sep-07-Final.pdf

|title=Recommendations

|work=Community Board 9 Manhattan 197-a Plan

|date=September 24, 2007

|accessdate=September 2, 2008

|archive-date=January 5, 2009

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105221600/http://www.prattcenter.net/pubs/CB9/05-Recommendations_24-Sep-07-Final.pdf

|url-status=live

}} The mortgage was satisfied February 2006.New York County Deed Records viewable online via [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/jump/acris.shtml ACRIS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826220048/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/jump/acris.shtml |date=2008-08-26 }} But, as of 2008, no improvement have been made and the building is still vacant.{{cite news

|first=Beth

|last=Fertig

|url=http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/48501

|title=Teens Want to Give Harlem School a New Life

|publisher=WNYC.com

|date=June 17, 2005

|accessdate=September 2, 2008

|archive-date=July 19, 2008

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719232011/http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/48501

|url-status=live

}} The contract between the New York County Local Development Corporation and the M.L. Wilson Boys Club required that significant development be completed on the property within three years of the contract date.{{cite news|first=Mariko |last=Foster |url=http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/44279 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127164358/http://columbiaspectator.com/node/44279/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 27, 2017 |title=Public School 186: Conflicting Visions |publisher=Columbia Daily Spectator |date=April 27, 2004 |location=New York |accessdate=September 2, 2008 }}

• Public School 66 (85-11 102nd St., Richmond Hill) National Register{{cite web

|title=National Register of Historic Places - NEW YORK (NY), Queens County

|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/queens/state2.html

|publisher=

|date=January 26, 2006

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=May 7, 2008

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507171343/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/Ny/Queens/state2.html

|url-status=live

}}

• PS 28; Richmondtown Historical Society (276 Center St., Richmondtown) NYC Landmark{{cite web

|title=Designation List 297, Public School 28

|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1998PublicSchool28.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|date=September 15, 1998

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=March 11, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311041352/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1998PublicSchool28.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

• Morris High School (1110 Boston Rd.) NYC Landmark{{cite web

|title=Designation List 162, Morris High School

|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/82-MORRISHSINT.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|date=December 21, 1982

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=March 11, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311043908/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/82-MORRISHSINT.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

• Erasmus Hall High School (899-925 Flatbush Ave.) NYC Landmark{{cite web

|title=Designation List 348, Erasmus Hall High School

|url=http://home2.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/ehall.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|date=June 24, 2003

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=June 7, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607165018/http://home2.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/ehall.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

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Image:Stuyvesant High School building on 1909 postcard.png featuring the 15th Street facade of Snyder's Stuyvesant High School building]]

• Manhattan Trade School for Girls (now School of the Future) (127 E 22nd St){{cite web

|url=http://www.preserve2.org/gramercy/proposes/ext/ension/127e22.htm

|title=Proposed Historic District Extension study

|publisher=Gramercy Neighborhood Associates, Inc.

|date=August 31, 1998

|accessdate=March 1, 2010

|archive-date=February 20, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220031552/http://www.preserve2.org/gramercy/proposes/ext/ension/127e22.htm

|url-status=live

}}

• Stuyvesant High School, the second home (1907 to 1992) (345 E 15th St.) NYC Landmark
• Washington Irving High School (40 Irving Pl.).{{cite web

|url=http://www.preserve2.org/gramercy/proposes/new/district/40irv.htm

|accessdate=July 21, 2009

|title=Washington Irving High School

|date=August 29, 2007

|first=Nina

|last=Liu

|publisher=Gramercy Neighborhood Associates

|work=Gramercy Area Historic Preservation Study

|archive-date=March 6, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306002929/http://www.preserve2.org/gramercy/proposes/new/district/40irv.htm

|url-status=live

}}

• DeWitt Clinton High School (10th Ave & 58th St.), now Haaren Hall on the campus of John Jay College of Criminal Justice.{{cite news

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/16/nyregion/fyi-670650.html?sq=College+of+Police+Science+DeWitt+Clinton+High+School&scp=12&st=cse

|title=F.Y.I

|first=Eric P.

|last=Nash

|work=The New York Times

|date=December 16, 2001

|accessdate=September 2, 2008

|archive-date=July 28, 2018

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728003309/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/16/nyregion/fyi-670650.html?sq=College+of+Police+Science+DeWitt+Clinton+High+School&scp=12&st=cse

|url-status=live

}} It was the largest high school building in the United States when it opened in 1903. The interior has since been gutted.{{cite news

|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/05/10/105052963.pdf

|title=To Open De Witt Clinton High School Bids

|work=The New York Times

|date=May 10, 1903

|accessdate=September 2, 2008

|archive-date=June 28, 2022

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628201349/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/05/10/105052963.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

• Wadleigh High School for Girls; later Wadleigh JHS 88 (215 W 114th St.) NYC Landmark{{cite web

|title=Designation List 260, Wadleigh High School for Girls/ (now) Wadleigh School

|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/Wadleigh-High-School-For-Girls.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|date=July 26, 1994

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=March 11, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311030043/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/Wadleigh-High-School-For-Girls.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

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• Newtown High School NYC Landmark{{cite web

|title=Designation List 348, Newtown High School

|url=http://home2.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/newtownhs.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|date=June 24, 2003

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=June 7, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607143653/http://home2.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/newtownhs.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

• Flushing High School (35-01 Union Street) NYC Landmark,{{cite web

|title=Designation List 231, Flushing High School

|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/91-FLUSHING-HIGH-SCHOOL.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|date=January 8, 1991

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=March 11, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311043847/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/91-FLUSHING-HIGH-SCHOOL.pdf

|url-status=live

}} National Register{{cite web

|title=National Register of Historic Places - NEW YORK (NY), Queens County

|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/queens/state.html

|date=January 26, 2006

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=June 4, 2011

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604225749/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/Queens/state.html

|url-status=live

}}

• Curtis High School NYC Landmark{{cite web

|title=Designation List 160, Curtis High School

|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/82-CURTIS-H.S.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|date=October 12, 1982

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=March 11, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311032944/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/82-CURTIS-H.S.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

• 1912 Addition to Girls' High School (Macon Street)

• PS 72, later PS 107, now [http://www.tallerboricua.org/ Burgos Cultural Center] (1674 Lexington Ave.), (Stagg, Architect 1879-82; annex, Snyder, 1911–13). NYC Landmark{{cite web

|title=Designation List 273, Public School 72

|url=http://home2.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/ps72.pdf

|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

|date=June 25, 1996

|accessdate=April 20, 2008

|archive-date=June 7, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607150031/http://home2.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/ps72.pdf

|url-status=live

}}

• PS 4 (4210 Arthur Kill Road, Tottenville)
• Curtis High School completed 1904, still standing.

• 24th Ward School; later Evander Childs High School Annex; later Resthaven Nursing Home (225 E. 234th St., bet. Kepler and Katonah Aves.)
• PS 31 (425 Grand Concourse at Walton Ave.) former NYC Landmark{{cite web|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1986PublicSchool31.pdf|title=Designation List 185, Public School 31|date=July 15, 1986|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission|accessdate=|archive-date=March 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311051511/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1986PublicSchool31.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nylandmarks.org/advocacy/preservation_issues/the_end_of_ps31_a_municipal_disgrace/|title=The End of PS31, A Municipal Disgrace|last=|first=|date=2015|website=|access-date=|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622015334/http://www.nylandmarks.org/advocacy/preservation_issues/the_end_of_ps31_a_municipal_disgrace/|url-status=live}}

• PS 6 (Madison Avenue, Upper East Side)

Snyder joined the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers in 1895, served on its Board of Governors from 1900 to 1904, and was elected President in 1907. He joined the American Institute of Architects in 1901 and was elevated to Fellow in 1905.American Institute of Architects Archives, Membership Files.

In 1922, Snyder began openly exploring retirement. He said that he hadn't had a vacation in 18 years and was tired and completely worn-out and that it was time to go fishing.{{cite news|date=May 4, 1922|title=Supt. Snyder Asks to Quit School Job|work=The New York Times}} On July 1, 1923, Snyder officially retired. He was succeeded by another noted school architect Snyder helped train: William H. Gompert.

Snyder died November 14, 1945, with his son, Robert, when they were overcome with natural gas poisoning, or carbon monoxide, or both, in their cottage in Babylon, New York. Apparently, upon retiring for the evening, the Snyders had lit the burners on the range oven to heat the rooms; but during the night the flame had been extinguished, possibly by a draft.{{cite journal

|title=Past President C. B. J. Snyder Dies in Babylon, L.I

|journal=Heating, Piping & Air Conditioning

|date=December 1945

}} The elder Snyder was 85, the son was 51. They both are buried in a family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.

• {{cite book

|url=https://archive.org/details/modernschoolhous00hamluoft

|title=Modern School Houses; a series of authoritative articles on planning, sanitation, heating and ventilation

|last=Alfred Dwight Foster Hamlin

|author-link=Alfred Dwight Foster Hamlin

|author2=Charles B.J. Snyder

|publisher=The Swetland Publishing Co.

|year=1910

|format=

}}

• {{cite book

|url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsmuni02yorkgoog

|page=[https://archive.org/details/proceedingsmuni02yorkgoog/page/n79 60]

|title=Proceedings of the Municipal Engineers of The City of New York, 1904

|publisher=The Society

|year=1905

|author1=Municipal Engineers of the City of New York

}}

• New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

Notes

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Further reading

• {{cite book

|first=Jacob A.

|last=Riis

|author-link=Jacob Riis

|url=https://archive.org/details/battlewithslum01riisgoog

|title=The Battle With the Slum

|publisher=The Macmillan Company

|year=1902

|location=New York

}}

{{Commons category|C. B. J. Snyder}}

• [http://www.edfacilities.org/index.cfm National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIR--eWl3Co A Tale of Four Schools, a panel discussion moderated with stakeholders of four Snyder projects.]{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIR--eWl3Co|title=A Tale of Four Schools, a panel discussion moderated with stakeholders of four Snyder projects hosted by Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.|last=|first=|date=|website=YouTube|access-date=|archive-date=March 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304194856/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIR--eWl3Co|url-status=live}}

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