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Erasmus Hall Academy Building

Historic site · Flatbush, New York

The original 1787 Georgian-Federal academy building still stands inside the active Erasmus Hall Educational Campus. The academy was founded in 1786 by Rev. John H. Livingston and Senator John Vanderbilt and became a public school in 1896.

History

The academy building was designated a New York City landmark in 1966 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975; the later high school buildings were separately landmarked in 2003. The city closed Erasmus Hall as a single high school in 1994 and divided the campus into several small schools.

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899-925 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (between Church and Snyder Avenues)

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