The former Gustav H. Schwab House, New York University campus, 1923.

The Schwab House, built in 1857, was not part of NYU’s initial University Heights campus, but acquired in 1908. It later served as the campus infirmary and the school of engineering and science administration. Today it is the Bronx Community College’s South Hall.

The Schwab house is built on the site of a former British Revolutionary War fort. “Fort Number Eight” was established in 1776, part of the British fortifications of New York. It was abandoned and destroyed in 1782.