Washington Irving Campus
40 Irving Place | also 135 East 16th Street, 128 East 17th Street, 38 Irving Place | Gramercy | built 1913
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1913
C. B. J. Snyder's eight-story building opens on Irving Place as Washington Irving High School
The school moved to 40 Irving Place because its enrollment was outgrowing the old Lafayette Street building. Architect C. B. J. Snyder designed the eight-story building, completed in 1913, the year the school took the name Washington Irving. It began as a branch of Wadleigh High School known as Girls' Technical High School, and its first principal was William McAndrew.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1916
Barry Faulkner begins his mural cycle on early Manhattan for the school
From 1916 to 1920 the painter Barry Faulkner worked on a cycle of murals titled Scenes from the early history of Manhattan for Washington Irving High School. The cycle later became the subject of a 2001 master's thesis on its conservation, written by Andrei Givotovsky for the Fashion Institute of Technology's museum studies program.
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- 1921
Student Claudette Colbert, steered to the stage by her speech teacher, makes her debut
Claudette Colbert attended Washington Irving High School, known for a strong arts program, where speech teacher Alice Rostetter urged her to try out for one of Rostetter's own plays. In 1921, when she was 17, Colbert first appeared on stage at the Provincetown Playhouse, in revivals of Rostetter's The Widow's Veil and Edna St. Vincent Millay's Aria da Capo. Her interests still leaned toward painting and fashion design.
“Colbert studied at Washington Irving High School, which was known for its strong arts program.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1986
Washington Irving High School, founded for girls, begins admitting boys
The school was founded as an all-girls school, thanks largely to Patrick F. McGowan, who led the Board of Education and later served as acting mayor of New York. It became co-ed in September 1986.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2001
Hector Monsegur, later the hacker Sabu, leaves Washington Irving during ninth grade
The computer hacker Hector Xavier Monsegur, known as Sabu, attended Washington Irving High School and left in 2001 during ninth grade. In the period he attended, 55 percent of the school's students graduated with their classes.
“Hector Xavier Monsegur (Sabu) – computer hacker (left in 2001 during ninth grade)…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2011
The city announces Washington Irving High School will close by 2015
In December 2011 the city's Department of Education announced that Washington Irving High School would be among two high schools shut by summer 2015. A graduation rate of 48 percent was one of the reasons for closing it. The school closed in June 2015 after graduating its last class, and Success Academy took over the site along with the other high schools.
Source: Wikipedia
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