(Former) Colored School No. 4: Last Remaining (Former) Colored School in Manhattan Landmarked
“The Last-Known ‘Colored’ School in Manhattan Becomes a Landmark,” New York Times, May 23, 2023.
Updates:
July 31, 2024. Black in Historic Preservation joins a coalition of New York preservationists, formed by Eric K. Washington, to continue advocacy for (Former) Colored School No. 4. Read the full press release about the Coalition for the Future of (Former) Colored School No. 4 (CFFCS4): click here.
May 23, 2023. Congratulations to Eric K. Washington and the many supporters who advocated for landmarking (Former) Colored School No. 4! The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated it a Landmark on May 23, 2023. To read the designation report, click here.
Advocacy Alert:
May 15, 2023. Support the local landmarking of the last remaining colored school in the borough of Manhattan, located in its Chelsea neighborhood! Harlem-based independent scholar and author Eric K. Washington has been advocating for the landmarking of Former Colored School No. 4 since 2019.
To support Colored School No. 4, please send written testimony by 5pm on Fri., May 19, 2023, to testimony@lpc.nyc.gov.
How to send written testimony/letters on the city's website: click here.
New to writing a preservation commission testimony for a potential landmark? No worries.
Watch the Proposed Designation Hearing before the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, held on April 25, 2023: click here.
Change.org petition organized by Eric K. Washington: click here.