{"nrhp_refnum":"10000023","name":"Vestal Central School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vestal","county":"Broome County","state":"NY","lat":42.08667121150003,"lon":-76.05092029345164,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-02-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large three-story brick school building at 201 Main Street in Vestal, Broome County, New York, built in 1939 to a design by A.T. Lacey and Sons, together with its original bus garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a distinctive and highly intact example of a large central school building of the period. It is also tied to Vestal's school centralization program of 1936, which changed local education as the town grew into a bedroom community. It was funded partly by the Public Works Administration and partly by New York State, and it reflects Art Deco design.","narrative":"Vestal Central School is a brick Art Deco school at 201 Main Street in Vestal, Broome County, New York. A.T. Lacey and Sons designed it, and it opened in 1939. Three rectangular pavilions form a modified U, with a long central block between two taller wings. Limestone trim, stylized brick pilasters, bronze lettering and bas-relief hemispheres over the entrances decorate the exterior. Inside, the original terrazzo floors, metal windows, built-in cabinets and a lavish Art Deco auditorium survive. The school was built after Vestal centralized its school system in 1936, when a farming town was becoming a bedroom community for nearby industrial centers. Public Works Administration money and New York State aid paid for much of the cost. It was listed for its architecture and its role in local education, with a period of significance from 1939 to 1950. A 1970 addition and the original bus garage are included in the nominated property.","period_of_significance":"1939-1950","architect_builder":"Truman A. Lacey (A.T. Lacey and Sons)","architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The building survives with a high degree of integrity. It is now used by senior citizens' groups, an alternative high school and small businesses, and the annex houses the school district's administrative offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.928255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000023.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000023/d43e377fca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000023/d43e377fca-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tkeator","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vestal_Central_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tkeator</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Vestal_Central_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316616","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestal_Central_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7923382"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/broome-county/vestal-central-school-10000023/"}