Editing Friends Seminary (section)

==Facilities==

[[File:Friends Seminary E 15 St.jpg|thumb|right|175px|The Annex on East 15th Street, formerly the German Masonic Hall<ref>{{cite fednyc}}, p.189</ref>]]

The campus comprises six buildings. The largest building, known as Hunter Hall, built in 1964, holds classes for the entire Middle School, most of the Lower School and some of the Upper School. The building contains a basement-level [[gym]]nasium and [[cafeteria]], [[library]] and [[Hybrid library|media center]], [[science]] laboratories, [[studio|art studios]], computer laboratories and classrooms for all grades.

Attached to the school is the historic Meetinghouse, a landmark built in 1860, and the Fifteenth Street Monthly Meeting of The Religious Society of Friends. The Meetinghouse plays an integral part in student life at Friends Seminary. Outside the front doors of the Meetinghouse is the [[courtyard]] used for recess and other activities.

In 1997, the school purchased and renovated a former German Masonic Temple located on 15th Street.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/16/realestate/for-friends-seminary-new-classroom-space.html | work=The New York Times | title=For Friends Seminary, New Classroom Space | date=March 16, 1997}}</ref> The new building, called "The Annex", incorporates "[[environmental technology|green technology]]" to create a building with less of an [[ecological footprint]] than many other buildings in the city.  The Annex includes more science labs, as well as three multi-use classrooms, and a black box theater.

The Meetinghouse, located on 15th Street at Rutherford Place (next to [[Stuyvesant Square]]), serves both as a place of worship and, traditionally, as a performance space, although the school has opted as of 2011 to perform in the Vineyard theatre on 15th Street.  The Meetinghouse also serves as a home for the school's music program.

Friends Seminary completed an extensive redevelopment project in 2019. They designed an entirely new structure behind the facades of three 1852 townhouses and connected them seamlessly to the School's main building. The new structure provides separate access for the Upper School, in addition to a "Great Room," which is a multipurpose gathering space that opens onto a courtyard. The new space also features an Upper School Commons and Terrace along with new classrooms are that grouped around shared study and locker areas. A rooftop Greenhouse and play area was also developed.