Tuesday, September 15, 2009

St. Paul's School

St. Paul's School in Garden City, built in memory of Alexander Turney Stewart, founder of Garden City, by John Kellum and Henry G. Harrison in 1879 for the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. The 500 room school building has been sitting vacant and without use for sometime. It was supposed to be a community resource but a lack of motivation by Garden City residents to find an alternative use led to villagers voting by a slim margin to reject a proposed housing development and endorse demolition (totally crazy in my opinion). In 2003 St. Paul's was listed on the Preservation League of New York State's 'Seven to Save'. Click HERE to see St. Paul's on google earth.






8 comments:

Anonymous said...

The issue with St. Pauls has ripped the town apart. Many didn't want the condos because of tax breaks and some shady deals with the mayors office and the developers. Many in GC want to save it but it might be too far gone. look up Committee to Save St. Pauls.

Anonymous said...

some great pictures at www.savestpauls.org you will love it!

Mandaa said...

does anyone know what will happen to St Paul's now=[?

It is such a beautiful building, it will be a shame to have it demolished...

Mandaa said...

And btw, is it possible to still do something? Anything? To try saving it?

liam gibson said...

i went to school there for one year as a boarder in the early eighties the history of that building is incredible, i explored that building all the way down to its sub basement and deeper and up into its clock tower the things and history i saw there were incredible to lose that history and beauty is a crime,i will never forget how great a place also as a school it was..

Anonymous said...

It would be a crime to loose this building, the people of this city need to wake up before its too late.

Anonymous said...

I don't know where the idea of "500 rooms" came from. I taught and lived there in the late 60s and there certainly weren't 500 rooms.

Alumni, Class of 1979 said...

This is a shame; looks like the goal is to let it decay so that it can be demolished as a nuisance under "emergency" circumstances. It is/was an amazing building.