Public School 111 ARCHITECT: Samuel B. Leonard DATE: 1867-68 STYLE: Romanesque Revival

Public School 111 has been a neighborhood institution in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn for 150 years. Prominently sited at the northwest corner of Sterling Place and Vanderbilt Avenue near Grand Army Plaza, it is a handsome brick school building in the early Romanesque Revival, or round-arched, style. When the building opened in 1868 it was known as Public School 9. The school building is a fine example of the early Romanesque Revival style, distinguished by round arches executed ln brick.