P.S. 135
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = P.S. 135
| nrhp_type =
| image = PS 35 E51 St 1st Av sun jeh.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = (2013)
| location = 931 1st Avenue
Manhattan, New York City
| coordinates = {{coord|40|45|17|N|73|57|57|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = New York City#New York#USA
| built = 1892
| architect = George W. Debevoise
| architecture = Romanesque
| added = October 27, 1980
| refnum = 80002710{{NRISref|2009a}}
| designated_other1 = New York State Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| designated_other1_number = 06101.000637
| designated_other1_abbr = NYSRHP
| designated_other1_date = September 4, 1980
}}
P.S. 135 (Public School 135),{{cite aia5}} p.345[http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-1893-public-school-135-no-193-1st.html "The 1893 Public School 135 – No. 193 1st Avenue "] on the Daytonian in Manhattan website also known as P.S. 35 (Public School 35),Morgansen, Thomas G. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/06/realestate/l-ps-135-nee-35-041287.html "P.S. 135, Nee 35" (letter to the editor)] The New York Times (September 6, 1987) is a historic school building located at 931 First Avenue at East 51st Street in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1892[https://www.nytimes.com/1892/09/10/archives/school-vacation-over-boys-and-girls-will-resume-their-studies.html "School Vacation Over"] The New York Times (September 10, 1892) on the site of "Mount Pleasant", the estate of James Beekman.[http://turtlebay-nyc.org/places.html "Exploring Turtle Bay"] on the Turtle Bay Association website The school was designed by George W. Debevoise in the Romanesque Revival style, and has been at various times a community center, a homeless shelter and a nursery school, as well as the United Nations International School.[https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/15/archives/mayor-offers-un-east-side-building-for-use-as-school.html "Mayor Offers U.N. East Side Building For Use as School"] The New York Times (December 15, 1967) There was an addition made to the building in 1904.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. A condominium tower, The Beekman Regent designed by architect Costas Kondylis, was built inside the facade of the building in 2000.[http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/?z=8&p=993701,214294&c=GISBasic&s=a:931,FIRST+AVENUE,MANHATTAN New York City Geographic Information System map][http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/931-first-avenue/ "Building facades saved from the wrecking ball"] Ephemeral New York (November 25, 2009)[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/01/realestate/postings-they-re-part-new-19-story-condo-351-east-51st-street-saving-1893-school.html "They're Part of a New 19-Story Condo at 351 East 51st Street; Saving 1893 School's Facades"] The New York Times (October 1, 2000)
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Category:New York State Register of Historic Places in New York County
Category:Romanesque Revival architecture in New York City
Category:School buildings completed in 1892
Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
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