St. Agnes Academic School

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Address: 13-20 124th Street
Neighborhood: College Point
Architect:  Boegel, William J.
Year: 1960
Current Status: Extant
Award:  Bronze Plaque for Schools and Colleges
Typology:  School or College

St. Agnes is one of William Boegel’s more contemporary designs featuring a facade of buff brick and pale green enamel panels. Boegel tended toward historicist elements on his churches and schools, employing Tudor or Gothic Revival design. Here, the school is modern and square and the main decoration is a striking, curved entranceway of red polished granite topped by a large limestone cross that sits at the roofline. The complex includes amenities typical to a school of this era including an auditorium (entered from a separate wing), gymnasium, and state of the art classrooms. The older convent sits to the south of the school and according to the awards program, passage was provided internally for the nuns to go from convent directly into the school.