333 East 4th Street | Block : 374 | Lot #20

Description & Building Alterations

The central portion of this structure on East 4th Street was built in 1904 and designed by then NYC School Superintendent, Charles B.J. Snyder, as an addition to a school facing Fifth Street. The five-story red brick Italianate building features terra cotta plaques on the fifth floor at the top of each pier separating the four bays. In 1927, two tenements to the building’s east were demolished and in 1931 the Hope Chapel to the building’s west was demolished. As part of the WPA progam, the original PS 15 which fronted East 5th Street and was built in the mid-19th century was demolished. In 1953 two alteration permits were filed for the addition of an auditorium wing and a wing with additional classrooms.

It is currently PS 15, The Roberto Clemente School.

Block : 274 / Lot : 20 / Building Date : 1904 / Original Owner : NY Department of Education / Original Use : Institutional / Original Architect : Charles B.J. Snyder