Nightingale-Bamford School

20 East 92nd Street | also 30 East 92nd Street | Carnegie Hill | built 1991

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1. 1892

   Henry J. Hardenbergh designs a row of six rowhouses on the site, running from No. 20 to No. 30

   The south side of East 92nd Street originally held a row of six single-family rowhouses, designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh and built in 1892-95, that ran from No. 20 to No. 30. They rose four stories above a basement, with brownstone facades and restrained classical details. Nos. 28 and 30 remain as Renaissance Revival rowhouses, while the Nightingale-Bamford School's building later took the place of those at Nos. 20 to 26.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1920

   Two townhouses at 20-22 East 92nd Street are bought, and the school becomes Miss Nightingale's School

   By 1918 Frances Nightingale had a separate space for teaching, which she called Miss Nightingale's Classes. In the fall of 1919 Maya Stevens Bamford joined as junior headmistress. In 1920 two townhouses at 20-22 East 92nd Street, on the site of today's school, were bought, and the school became known as Miss Nightingale's School. The school's archive says the townhouses were replaced with a new building in 1929, when it took the name Nightingale-Bamford School.

   Source: nightingale.libraryhost.com

3. 1929

   Delano & Aldrich build the school's five-story neo-Georgian home at 20-24 East 92nd Street

   Delano & Aldrich designed the original school building for the Nightingale School Realty Corp. in 1929, with five stories and a basement in the neo-Georgian style. Its red brick is laid in Flemish bond, and four double-height arched windows rise over a decorative iron balcony. A pedimented entrance reached by a stoop once stood at the easternmost bay; it has since been replaced with a window.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

4. 1967

   Adams & Woodbridge add an eastern pavilion where a rowhouse at No. 26 stood

   In 1967-68 the school demolished the rowhouse at 26 East 92nd Street, one of the six built in 1892-95, and put up a five-story addition in its place. Adams & Woodbridge designed the addition, which forms a projecting eastern pavilion. Its red brick matches the original school building, but the windows follow a more modern pattern.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

5. 1991

   Jack L. Gordon Architects add an eight-story pavilion and three stories to unify the school

   Jack L. Gordon Architects carried out a major addition in 1989-91, building a projecting eight-story pavilion at the west end where two rowhouses from 1890-92 had stood at Nos. 16 and 18. The firm also put three more stories on top of the older parts, taking the place of a sixth-story addition from 1972. Red brick in Flemish bond and limestone stringcourses tie the whole composition together.

   “In 1989-91 Jack L. Gordon Architects undertook a major addition to the school.”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

Further reading

• Nightingale-Bamford SchoolWikipedia

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