{"nrhp_refnum":"05000991","name":"Wethersfield Stone Schoolhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 365","address_restricted":false,"city":"Trenton","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.25829229000004,"lon":-75.22044722099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-09-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-room, one-story stone schoolhouse built circa 1825 at the corner of Pierce Road and New York Route 365 in the town of Trenton, Oneida County, New York, on a triangular parcel of less than one acre.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criteria A and C as a substantially intact, rare surviving example of early rural masonry school architecture in Oneida County. It served as the public school for the Wethersfield community until 1934 and reflects the early development of public education in the town of Trenton.","narrative":"Built around 1825, this one-room schoolhouse sits at the corner of Pierce Road and New York Route 365 in Trenton, Oneida County. It is a rectangular, gable-roofed building of mortared, random quarry stone about 26 by 30 feet, with walls roughly 19 inches thick and cut stone quoins at the corners. It replaced an earlier wood frame school organized in 1813 for the hamlet of Wethersfield, a Connecticut-settled community in a scattered rural area where schooling relied on small district schools. The stone building served as a public school until 1934, when School District No. 6 joined the Holland Patent Central School District. It later housed a residence, an antique shop and a real estate office. Its plain design reflects its utilitarian purpose, and it is valued as one of few simple rural schools of its type to survive in the region. A local historical society bought it in 1996 and is restoring it as a museum and meeting room.","period_of_significance":"circa 1825-1934","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic / No style (vernacular)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Acquired by a local historical society in 1996 and in the beginning stages of restoration for use as a museum and meeting room; the interior floor and ceiling are in poor condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.6115-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000991.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000991/5d3eaaff9b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000991/5d3eaaff9b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jaredcarter1210","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wethersfield_Stone_Schoolhouse,_Trenton_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaredcarter1210</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wethersfield_Stone_Schoolhouse,_Trenton_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320285","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wethersfield_Stone_Schoolhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7990109"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/wethersfield-stone-schoolhouse-05000991/"}