{"nrhp_refnum":"00001277","name":"Bruynswick School No. 8","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2146 Bruynswick Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shawangunk","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.65915272400008,"lon":-74.22614360299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-11-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one and one-half story, three by three-bay wood frame schoolhouse at 2146 Bruynswick Road in the hamlet of Bruynswick, town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York, built ca. 1840. It sits on a parcel of less than one acre.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is architecturally and historically significant as a largely intact example of a modest one-room Greek Revival schoolhouse of the mid-nineteenth century. It is also the last schoolhouse to survive in the town and a rare reminder of the Bruynswick community. It retains its original exterior form and much of its original finishes despite conversion to a house.","narrative":"Built around 1840, this one and one-half story wood frame building in the hamlet of Bruynswick, in the town of Shawangunk, served as District No. 8's schoolhouse for nearly a century. It has a stone foundation, clapboard siding, a gable roof with partial cornice returns, and a simple Greek Revival entrance beneath a wood plaque reading \"District No. 8.\" Its single-room plan, coved ceiling, evenly spaced large windows and lack of a basement are typical of schoolhouses built before mid-century reforms in classroom design. The school closed in 1943 when students were assigned to the Wallkill School District, and the building became a home in the 1950s. Added interior partitions and a loft are reversible, so much original fabric survives. It is considered significant as the last surviving schoolhouse in the town, a rare example of a once-common building type, and a reminder of the Bruynswick community and of nineteenth-century education in Shawangunk.","period_of_significance":"ca.1840-1943","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century (Greek Revival schoolhouse)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Closed as a school in 1943 and converted to residential use in the 1950s; currently used as a single dwelling, retaining much original fabric.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.370595-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001277.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001277/15f2ba4f5b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001277/15f2ba4f5b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bruynswick_School_8.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bruynswick_School_8.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322552","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruynswick_School_No._8","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4979905"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/bruynswick-school-no-8-00001277/"}