Tag Archives: New Rochelle

New Rochelle High School Can’t Catch a Break

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Steve Weintraub

Poor New Rochelle High school. As if a devastating fire in 1968 wasn’t bad enough, the old girl suffered another indignity as lightning struck one of its towers about 6pm on Friday. The strike arrupted a blaze that basically destroyed … Continue reading →

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The Ghost of New Rochelle High School

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Steve Weintraub

My first exposure to New Rochelle High School was a series of photographs in a 1932 article on school architecture written by James Betelle. While I had been pretty familiar with the traditional English Gothic and Neo-Classical designs of his … Continue reading →

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The Spectre of Typos

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Steve Weintraub

While doing a little bit of research into Guilbert & Betelle’s New Rochelle High School, I came upon this postcard of Isaac E. Young High School, also in New Rochelle. Isaac E. Young Middle School, as it is called now, … Continue reading →

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