Superintendent of School Buildings, New York City

The Superintendent of Schools Buildings was a position assigned by the School Building Commission of the New York City Board of Education.

BOE Superintendents of School Buildings
Brooklyn Board of Education (until 1898) Public School Society of New York (until 1842) New York City Board of Education (1842-2002) (In 1898 New York City consolidated with Brooklyn, part of The Bronx, parts of Queens, and Staten Island)
 * 1879-1898 &mdash; James W. Naughton (b. approx 1840 - d. Feb. 12, 1898)
 * 1837-1872 &mdash; Amnon Macvey (d. 1872)
 * 1872-1886 &mdash; David I. Stagg (b. 1816 Paterson, NJ - d. 1886)
 * 1886-1891 &mdash; George W. Debevoise (1840-1919)
 * 1891-1923 &mdash; Charles B. J. Snyder (1860-1945)
 * 1923-1927 &mdash; William H. Gompert (1875-1946)
 * 1928-1938 &mdash; Walter C. Martin
 * 1940s &mdash; Thomas Duff
 * 1950s &mdash; William F. Correale
 * 1970s &mdash; Samuel B. Leonard

DOE Directors of Architecture

 * 1963 &mdash; Arthur G. Paletta (1909-1984) (appointed by the BOE Aug 8, 1963)

School Architects

 * 1938-1952 &mdash; Harold Eric Kebbon (1890-1964), designed 100 buildings for the NYC BOE.

Past Chairmen

 * 1890s &mdash; Robert Maclay (b. 1833 - d. July 28, 1898)
 * 1920-1927 &mdash; John A. Ferguson, MD (b. 1870 Nova Scotia d. June 9, 1955 Ridgewood, NJ). He oversaw the construction of 243 elementary schools and 14 high schools.
 * 1948-1961 &mdash; Charles J. Bensley (b. Dec. 25, 1907 - d. June 3, 1995) He oversaw about 325 school projects totaling about $900 million.