{"nrhp_refnum":"10000991","name":"Ceres School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"School St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ceres","county":"Allegany County","state":"NY","lat":41.99952551000007,"lon":-78.27298754799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-12-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, cross-gabled frame schoolhouse with a belfry on a 0.5-acre lot on School Street in the hamlet of Ceres, Town of Genesee, Allegany County, New York. The form dates it to the 1850s, with renovations in the 1890s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that it is architecturally significant as a largely intact example of a late-nineteenth-century frame schoolhouse in Allegany County. It is also historically significant for its link to shared educational efforts in Ceres, a hamlet that straddles the New York-Pennsylvania border. Its two-room, cross-gable plan reflects broader changes in New York school design and organization.","narrative":"Ceres School is a one-story frame schoolhouse on School Street in the hamlet of Ceres, in the Town of Genesee, Allegany County, New York. Its cross-gabled form is topped by a louvered belfry with a pyramidal roof and small gablets. The exterior has clapboard above a plank belt course and vertical board siding below. The interior originally held two classrooms and a front vestibule. Sources disagree on its construction history, but the physical evidence points to the 1850s, possibly reusing parts of an earlier building, with renovations in the 1890s. The hamlet lies on both sides of the New York-Pennsylvania line, and its two halves long kept separate schools. In 1893 the New York building was altered for two departments and two teachers so pupils from the Pennsylvania side could attend. The school closed after World War II and has since served local groups and as a community center. Residents are now rehabilitating it for continued community use.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1855 - ca. 1950","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Italianate, with Queen Anne decorative elements","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Vacant per the function section; closed as a school after World War II, later used sporadically by local groups and as a community center. Now owned by the Town of Genesee, with local residents working on rehabilitation.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.1358-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000991.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316413","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5064202"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/allegany-county/ceres-school-10000991/"}