Harvey Milk High School

740 Broadway | also 2 Astor Place | NoHo | built 1910

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

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1912
The Orlando B. Potter Trust builds a twelve-story Beaux-Arts loft by Francis H. Kimball
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Francis H. Kimball designed the 12-story loft building, built in 1910-12 for the Orlando B. Potter Trust. Potter (1823-1894) was a lawyer from Massachusetts who came to New York in 1853; he had devised a national banking plan that Congress adopted in 1863. His estate announced plans to redevelop the site in 1907, but construction took three more years to begin. The trust, later O.B. Potter Properties, kept the building until at least 1938.
“This loft building was designed by Francis H. Kimball and constructed in 1910-12 for the Orlando B. Potter Trust…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2003
Harvey Milk High School becomes an accredited public school, based at 2 Astor Place
Harvey Milk High School grew out of a program the Hetrick-Martin Institute began in 1985 for LGBTQ+ students. In 2003 it became a fully accredited New York City public high school, open to all students. It is named for Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay elected official. The school lists its address as the third floor of 2 Astor Place, the Astor Place address of this Broadway building.
Source: hmhsnyc.org

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