{"nrhp_refnum":"12000983","name":"Montour Falls Union Grammar School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"208 W. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Montour Falls","county":"Schuyler County","state":"NY","lat":42.351755843000035,"lon":-76.84307925499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-11-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A T-shaped, two-story brick and steel-frame former elementary school at 208 West Broadway in Montour Falls, Schuyler County, New York, built in 1921 and opened in 1922, with a Neoclassic Revival body and Collegiate Gothic entrance.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A in education as a \"union free\" school that reflects the development of primary education in the town of Montour and village of Montour Falls. It is also significant under Criterion C as an intact example of early twentieth century civic architecture that followed contemporary state and national school design standards. The building served as an elementary school for grades one through eight until 1965.","narrative":"Built in 1921 and opened the following year, this two-story brick school on West Broadway in Montour Falls replaced an 1847 schoolhouse. The T-shaped building sits on a roughly 3.7-acre property and combines a Neoclassic Revival body with a Collegiate Gothic entrance, featuring a Tudor-arched opening, brick buttresses and a stepped parapet. Ithaca-based Driscoll Brothers built it, with George F. Barton as engineer. It followed the state and national standards of its day, including a tall basement, fire-resistant construction, a single central stair and banks of windows for natural light. It served grades one through eight until 1965 and is recognized for its role in local education and as an intact example of early twentieth century civic architecture. Original maple floors, slate chalkboards, cast-iron stair parts and vaulted concrete ceilings survive. Today the former classrooms hold eight apartments, and a daycare occupies the former gymnasium-auditorium.","period_of_significance":"1921-1965","architect_builder":"George F. Barton - Engineer; Driscoll Brothers & Co. - Builder","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Converted to eight residential apartments in the former classrooms, with a daycare, offices and meeting spaces in the basement level; the lounge and fitness room occupy the former principal's office and library.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.318588-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000983.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000983/22356dce40-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000983/22356dce40-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montour_Falls_Union_Grammar_School.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</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:Montour_Falls_Union_Grammar_School.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321805","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montour_Falls_Union_Grammar_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091944"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schuyler-county/montour-falls-union-grammar-school-12000983/"}