Benjamin Franklin Public School Number 36 is a historic

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building located at

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. It was built in 1896, and is a two-story, cubical,

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

style brick building with a two-story addition built in 1959. It sits on a raised basement and has a hipped roof with extended eaves. The front facade features a central tower and large, fully arched, triple window. The building has been converted to apartments. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the

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in 2003.

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