6510 Dieterle Crescent
1949, Eric Kebbon

After World War II, the rapid increase of school-age population in Queens prompted the city to begin a building campaign. Superintendent of School Buildings Eric Kebbon designed this Georgian Revival two-story brick building, which features a U-plan and central tower. The front-gabled central pavilion is crowned by broken segmental pediment, a stone frieze and cornice.

Kebbon graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working as their resident architect until 1914, when he enlisted and served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during WWI. During the 1930s, he was hired by the U.S. Treasury to design several Court Houses and Post Offices, many of them currently listed on the National Register. In 1938, Kebbon was appointed by Mayor La Guardia to the NYC Department of Education, where he designed and built over 100 schools, among them the neighboring Forest Hill High School. He ended his tenure in 1952, and retired in 1958.