Dryden District School No. 5
Dryden District School No. 5, also known as Eight Square Schoolhouse, is a historic octagonal school building located in 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]
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| Location | 1756 Hanshaw Rd., Dryden, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°28′26″N 76°25′53″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1827 |
| Architectural style | Octagon Style |
| NRHP reference No. | 94001282[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 04, 1994 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
Students and teachers in front of the octagonal Eight Square Schoolhouse in Dryden, New York, in 1890.
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- 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. Retrieved 2009-11-10.See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".
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