Little Red Schoolhouse (Brunswick)
The District # 6 Schoolhouse , also known locally as the Little Red Schoolhouse or Lincoln School , was a dwarf school in Brunswick , New York , United States built around 1830 or 1837 and attended by grades 1-8 before the school district, in which it falls, was consolidated in 1952. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on July 3, 2008 .
The building on New York State Route 278 is still owned by the school board. The schoolhouse is believed to be the oldest schoolhouse in Rensselaer County . The house has no internal water supply or sewerage. The original double outhouse was later replaced.
history
The schoolhouse was built in either 1830 or 1837 - sources disagree - and served local students from first to eighth grade. The county's 11th school district comprised the area around Clums Corners and became the 6th school district between 1854 and 1862.
The schoolhouse was built on a piece of land that Luther and Olive Eddy made available. At that time they owned a large piece of land that was adjacent to the current school building site. Luther Eddy became the city's superintendent for education in 1844.
After the consolidation of the Brunswick Central School District in the 1950s, the school was closed, although it was later used again briefly to relieve the new school building. The school house later served as the school authority's garage, for which the western wall was removed so that a garage door could be installed. After that it served as a storage room.
In the 1970s, the exterior of the building was restored by local residents, and the western wall was also reinstalled. It was then used for a short time by the Brunswick Historical Society before they moved to the Garfield School building. In 2007, the interior was redesigned through the use of time and materials from the locals.
On July 3, 2008, the schoolhouse was added to the National Register as the second former schoolhouse in Brunswick after the Garfield School.
Individual evidence
- ^ Sharon Martin Zankel: Images of America: Brunswick . Arcadia Publishing / Brunswick Historical Society, 1998, p. 72 (English).
- ↑ a b c d e Bob Gardinier: School is an open book on past (English) , Times Union (Albany) . June 12, 2009. Accessed on June 13, 2009. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Sharon Zankel: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form ( English ) New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . April 22, 2008. Archived from the original on December 10, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
- ^ A b Weekly List of Actions Taken on Priorities: 8/18/08 through 8/22/08 (August 29, 2008) ( English ) National Park Service : National Register of Historic Places . July 3, 2008. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
- ↑ George Baker Anderson: Index to Landmarks of Rensselaer County, New York . D. Mason & Co. Publishers, 1897 ( online [accessed June 13, 2009]).
- ↑ About Us: Garfield School ( English ) Brunswick Historical Society. Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
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Coordinates: 42 ° 45 ′ 4.3 " N , 73 ° 34 ′ 28.8" W.