Public School 15 is a historic school

School

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 located at Eastchester

Eastchester, Bronx

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, The Bronx, New York, New York

New York City

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. It was built in 1877 in the Victorian Gothic

Gothic Revival architecture

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 style. It is an "H" shaped red brick building on a stone foundation. It features a central picturesque bell tower

Bell tower

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 with a steep pyramidal roof topped by a weather vane

Weather vane

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. It ceased use as a school in the late 1970s and serves as a child care center.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1981.