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Tuckahoe High School is a historic
high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
located in Eastchester,
Westchester County, New York Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population ...
. It was built in 1930–1931, and is a three-story brick building with Aztec-inspired cast stone trim in the
Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...
style. The front facade is composed of a three-story, nine bay central pavilion, deeply recessed two-story, five bay connecting wings, and projecting, identical, two-story, five bay end pavilions. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying 10 photographs''
/ref> It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 2010.


Notable alumni

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David Osit David Osit (born May 6, 1987) is an American documentary filmmaker, editor and composer. His documentaries include ''Mayor'' and ''Thank You for Playing''. Life and career Osit was raised in the suburbs of New York City in Tuckahoe (village), ...
, Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, class of 2005


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Westchester County, New York __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Westchester County, New York, excluding the cities of New Rochelle and Yonkers, which have separate lists of their own. This is intended to be a complete ...


References


External links


Tuckahoe High School website
Eastchester, New York School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Art Deco architecture in New York (state) School buildings completed in 1931 Public high schools in Westchester County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York {{WestchesterCountyNY-NRHP-stub