On Inauguration Day for Dwight Eiserhower, Mrs. Oexle had her forth grade students stand at attention and face the flag on top of Joan of Arc public high school, a block away, while the presidential oath was administered.  Joan of Arc students were housed in very tall art deco building with a flag pole stuck up on the roof, a block away.  So, on this windy January day their  national ensign was streaming and visible out of our classroom window from the back of the old building referred to as ‘the Annex.’ The only flag ever displayed from Trinity’s  19th century battlements hung over the front entrance to the Main Building at 139-145 W. 91st Street.  It was not visible from the back of the Annex which overlooked the sere and pebble strewn compacted earth of the athletic field

To the left is the Annex Building (with the fire escape) The rear of the main bldg and the flat roofed chapel can be seen too.

The Annex was accessible from the Main Building only by way of a covered brick lined and utilitarian passageway.  The Annex itself,  I believe was the rectory for Old St. Agatha’s chapel, long gone even when I was there.  It pre-dates  and, obviously, influenced the choice for the architectural style of the Main Building.

The flagpole at the top of the building was visible from my classroom