{"nrhp_refnum":"00001423","name":"Gardiner School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2340 NY44/55","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gardiner","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.678785222000045,"lon":-74.14919616899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-11-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story wood frame Queen Anne schoolhouse at 2340 NYS Route 44/55 in Gardiner, Ulster County, New York. The original one-room school dates to the mid-nineteenth century and was expanded in 1893; a privy on the lot is also counted.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is a well-preserved example of a late nineteenth century schoolhouse that keeps its original form and setting. Its two-room plan, high ceilings, bands of windows and entry vestibule reflect contemporary school reform. It also has an intact Queen Anne design and remains an important reminder of the history of education in Gardiner.","narrative":"Gardiner School is a small wood frame schoolhouse on Route 44/55 in the hamlet of Gardiner, Ulster County. Its oldest portion was built in the mid-nineteenth century as District School Number 2 in nearby Ireland Corners. In 1875 the one-room building was moved about a mile northwest to Gardiner. In 1893 it gained a second classroom and a corner bell and entrance tower, and the whole building received a unified Queen Anne exterior with decorative shingles, pointed-arch windows and a pyramidal tower roof. Inside, the vestibule and two classrooms still hold plaster walls, wood wainscoting and original trim. A privy of the same period stands southwest of the school. The building is recognized for its architecture, which reflects nineteenth-century reforms in New York schoolhouse design, and for its role in local education. Classes ended in 1981, and the town of Gardiner now uses the building as its town hall.","period_of_significance":"1875-1950","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a school until 1981, when it closed; acquired by the town of Gardiner and now serves as the town hall.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.496364-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001423.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001423/5593205acc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001423/5593205acc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gardiner_Town_Hall.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:Gardiner_Town_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322620","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardiner_Town_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5522547"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/gardiner-school-00001423/"}