Public School 97

One hundred years ago today… this photo was taken of Public School 97 at Stillwell and Avenue S in Brooklyn, the Gravesend area.

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Brooklyn: Stillwell Avenue–Avenue S" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1921. — Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Brooklyn: Stillwell Avenue–Avenue S" *The New York Public Library Digital Collections*. 1921.

The school opened in 1919, part of a wave of school structures designed by C.B.J. Snyder, whose innovations included greater ventilation and natural light. (See our post about his work from September 1920.)

The building was renovated in 2010. Here it is in 2014.

– Jonathan Goldman, August 17, 2021

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