{"nrhp_refnum":"05001453","name":"Hayt's Chapel and Schoolhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1296-1298 Trumansburg Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ithaca","county":"Tompkins County","state":"NY","lat":42.46894948100004,"lon":-76.54507179899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two small frame buildings on Trumansburg Road in the town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York: a chapel built in 1847 and a one-room schoolhouse probably built in the 1830s, both on land donated by Charles Hayt.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the buildings are significant under Criterion A for their link to the Underground Railroad in Ithaca and Tompkins County, since the chapel housed an abolitionist congregation and was a stop on an overland route north. Under Criterion C, the chapel is an early attempt at Gothic Revival in a small religious building, and the schoolhouse is a Greek Revival one-room school.","narrative":"Two modest frame buildings on Trumansburg Road in the town of Ithaca, New York, make up this property: a chapel and a one-room schoolhouse. Charles Hayt, an early settler and landowner, donated the land and funds. The schoolhouse was probably built in the 1830s in Greek Revival style and remained a school until 1964. The chapel, built in 1847 and measuring about 20 by 40 feet, has vertical plank siding, Tudor-style window moldings and small buttresses that show an early interest in Gothic Revival. Hayt was a well-known opponent of slavery. After the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, he and other abolitionists left the Presbyterian Church in Ithaca and met at the chapel, which one participant called the Abolition Church. It was reportedly a stop on an overland route north from Ithaca. Both buildings have since been adapted, as a studio and an apartment, while keeping historic features such as the schoolhouse wainscot, blackboard and tin ceiling.","period_of_significance":"c1835-1954","architect_builder":"Charles Hayt","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival, Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Both buildings are described as well maintained and in good preservation. The chapel is used as an artist's studio and the schoolhouse has been converted to a studio apartment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.58568-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001453.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001453/1d1dac25bc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001453/1d1dac25bc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAYT%27S_CHAPEL_AND_SCHOOLHOUSE,_TOMPKINS_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:HAYT%27S_CHAPEL_AND_SCHOOLHOUSE,_TOMPKINS_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315064","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayt%27s_Chapel_and_Schoolhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5687284"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/tompkins-county/hayts-chapel-and-schoolhouse-05001453/"}