{"nrhp_refnum":"00001155","name":"Newtonville School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"543 Loudon Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Colonie","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.72097872900008,"lon":-73.75526675199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Colonial Revival brick schoolhouse with a hipped-roof rear wing at 543 Loudon Road in Colonie, Albany County, New York, built about 1925 on a site used for a school since the 1850s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact, representative example of a small early twentieth century schoolhouse with Colonial Revival features. It also reflects the standardization of school design in New York State in the early twentieth century. The site is tied to education in the former hamlet of Newtonville, where a school stood by 1855.","narrative":"Built about 1925 at 543 Loudon Road in Colonie, this one-story brick schoolhouse occupies a site where a school stood as early as the 1850s. The main block is gable-ended and Colonial Revival in style, with a slate roof, a concrete foundation and symmetrical window bands facing west. The entrance has twin paneled doors under a semicircular fanlight, sheltered by a wood portico with fluted Doric columns. A smaller hipped-roof wing at the rear holds a second entrance. Inside, a center hall separates two classrooms, and the original floor plan survives, though ceilings were lowered in the 1950s. Students last received instruction here in 1954, after which the building became an administrative facility. The nomination values it as an intact example of a 1920s school that follows contemporary standards for fireproofing, lighting and efficient planning. Its lunettes and cornice returns also appear to echo the earlier Greek Revival schoolhouse on the same site.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1925","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Students last received instruction in 1954, when the building was converted to an administrative facility; the form lists its current function as education-related.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.30479-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001155.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316293","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtonville_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707096"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/newtonville-school-00001155/"}