- Dryden District School No. 5
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Dryden District School No. 5
Location: 1756 Hanshaw Rd., Dryden, New York Coordinates: 42°28′26″N 76°25′53″W / 42.47389°N 76.43139°WCoordinates: 42°28′26″N 76°25′53″W / 42.47389°N 76.43139°W Area: less than one acre Built: 1827 Architectural style: Octagon Style Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 94001282[1] Added to NRHP: November 04, 1994 Dryden District School No. 5, also known as Eight Square School, is a historic one room school building located at Dryden in Tompkins County, New York. It was built in 1827 and is a simple one room, one story, brick Octagon style building constructed with a low pitch hipped roof banded by a plain narrow frieze. A circular brick chimney rises from the center of the standing seam metal roof. Also on the property are two free standing, wood frame, gable roofed outhouses. It was used as a school until 1941 and is now a facility of the Dewitt Historical Society.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Claire L. Ross (August 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dryden District School No. 5". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9362. Retrieved 2009-11-10.See also: "Accompanying 10 photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9363.
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Categories:- Schools on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Octagonal buildings in the United States
- School buildings completed in 1827
- Museums in Tompkins County, New York
- Education museums in the United States
- Schools in Tompkins County, New York
- Finger Lakes, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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