The Franklin K. Lane High School actually preceded its impressive building. Founded in 1923 as a Junior-Senior High School, it had been housed in Public School 85. However, it soon became clear that population growth meant that the high school needed more room. As both Queens and Brooklyn desired the school, a compromise was reached that put the school on its border (with parts of the school falling in both boroughs.) Ground broke in 1936, and, funded through the Works Progress Administration, it was completed in 1937. The school favored the Georgian and Neo-Colonial style of schools built by the WPA (the quintessential schoolhouse look.) At the time of its creation, the building was one of the largest schools in the world with its perimeter measuring a quarter of a mile. The school was named after the Secretary of the Interior under Woodrow Wilson, who had formed the National Park Service. Franklin K. Lane High School would struggle with urban decay eventually began to suffer and, in 2012, it was shut down due to poor performance. Now it houses four separate schools within the building.