William Cullen Bryant High School

48-10 31st Avenue | also 48-05 Broadway | Woodside | built 1950

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1939
Bryant High School leaves Dutch Kills for a new home on 31st Avenue
Founded in 1889, Bryant High School had occupied a four-story brick building on Wilbur Avenue, now 41st Avenue, in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City since 1904. In 1939 the school moved to its present site on 31st Avenue, and its old building became Long Island City High School. The school is named for the poet and Evening Post editor William Cullen Bryant.
Source: Wikipedia
1989
Bryant names its auditorium the Ethel Merman Theater during its centennial
Broadway star Ethel Merman, born in Astoria, was a Bryant graduate. In 1989, as the school celebrated its centennial, its auditorium was named the Ethel Merman Theater in her honor.
“The school's auditorium was named the Ethel Merman Theater in 1989 during its centennial celebration.”
Source: Wikipedia

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