Public School 34 ARCHITECT: Samuel B. Leonard DATE: 1867, 1870, 1887-88 STYLE: Romanesque Revival

One of the oldest schools in continuous use in New York City, P.S. 34 is known as the Oliver H. Perry School, in honor of the hero of the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The school was built in 1867 to accommodate the needs of the expanding schools system in Greenpoint. Brick with stone trim, the school was designed in the Romanesque Revival style with Italianate ornamental motifs.