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Washington Irving High School (New York City) Alumni
Washington Irving High School may refer to: * Washington Irving High School (New York City) * Washington Irving High School (Tarrytown, New York) * Washington Irving High School (West Virginia) See also * Washington Irving Middle School (other) {{schooldis Washington Irving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Irving High School (New York City)
The Washington Irving Campus is a public school building located at 40 Irving Place between East 16th and 17th Streets in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, near Union Square. Formerly the Washington Irving High School (until 2008), it now houses six schools under the New York City Department of Education. The constituent schools include the Gramercy Arts High School, the High School for Language and Diplomacy, the International High School at Union Square, the Union Square Academy for Health Sciences, the Academy for Software Engineering, and the Success Academy Charter School. History Washington Irving High School The school was founded as an all-girls school due in large part to the efforts oPatrick F. McGowan then head of the Board of Education and later acting mayor of New York City. The school is named after the writer Washington Irving. The building in which the school is located was designed by the architect C.B.J. Snyder and buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Irving High School (Tarrytown, New York)
Washington Irving High School at 18 North Broadway in Tarrytown, New York was built c. 1897. In the 1920s, the new building was constructed for the school about a half mile south on Broadway, and the old school later become the Frank R. Pierson School. After the school closed, the building was derelict for many years, until being converted to condominiums. The site of the school is considered to be one possibility – of many – for the location of the Elizabeth Van Tassel house, a Revolutionary War-era tavern mentioned by Washington Irving in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".Bacon, Edgard Mayhew. ''Chronicles of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow'' (1898) cited in Logan, Ji"Sleepy Hollow Country: Site of the Elizabeth Van Tassel house, later known as Mott Tavern"at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery website The building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1984. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Westchester County, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Irving High School (West Virginia)
Washington Irving High School is a public secondary school located in Clarksburg, West Virginia. The school operated as a high school from 1914 until 1995; since 1996, it has operated as a middle school, housing grades 6 thru 8. Better known as WI, the school's mascot is the Hilltopper. The school's colors are blue and gold. The school is named after Washington Irving, a 19th-century American author and historian. History When WI first opened in 1914, it was an all White school; it continued to be segregated until the 1956, when the end of segregation resulted in the permanent closure of Kelly Miller High School, which was Clarksburg's black school for the duration. Notable WIHS alumni include ESPN broadcaster Mike Patrick; Putnam Investments CEO Bob Reynolds; and Sam Ellis, the former manager for singer Meat Loaf Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American rock singer and actor. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Irving Middle School (other)
There are at least four schools named Washington Irving Middle School: * Washington Irving Middle School (West Virginia) in Clarksburg, West Virginia. * Washington Irving Middle School (Los Angeles) in Los Angeles, California. *Washington Irving Middle School (Roslindale) in Roslindale, Massachusetts, near Boston. * Washington Irving Middle School (Springfield) in Springfield, Virginia. There is one school named using the term "intermediate": *Washington Irving Intermediate School (Tarrytown) in Tarrytown, New York, near White Plains. There is also one school that uses the term "academy": *Washington Irving Academy (Texas) in San Antonio, Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ... See also * Washington Irving High School (other) {{schooldis Washington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |