122-132 West 89th Street (P.S. 166)

122-132 West 89th Street (P.S. 166)

Date: 1897-1899

NB: 636-97

Type: Public School

Architect: C.B.J. Snyder

Developer/Owner/Builder: NYC Board of Education

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Individual Landmark

Landmark Designation Report: PS 166

Primary Style: Collegiate Gothic

Façade (primary material): Stone

Stories: 5

Description: Public School 166 is a five-story Collegiate Gothic style building clad, on its front and side facades, in cream-colored terra cotta, with carved stone ornamentation, above a rough granite base and limestone first story. The building is articulated horizontally by continuous label moldings above the first story and by a narrow cornice ornamented by heads above the third story. Most windows were originally nine-over-nine double-hung wood sash with six-pane transoms, except for the first story, which did not have transoms, and the central bay with several configurations of multi-pane sash (some hinged on the second story). The six-pane transoms were eliminated in a later remodeling; the current multi-pane double-hung wood sash date from a 1990s remodeling. Wire mesh covers most of the first- and second-story windows. Aluminum l ea ders were recently installed. The complex roofline is composed of steeply-pitched gables and intersecting roofs on all four sides.