{"nrhp_refnum":"76001267","name":"Lansingburgh Academy","other_names":["Whipple School Annex"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4th and 114th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.77296661200006,"lon":-73.67577611799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-10-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Federal-style school building at the corner of 4th and 114th Streets in the former village of Lansingburgh, now north Troy, New York. The main section was built in 1820, with a gymnasium addition added in 1902.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the building a remarkably intact example of a once-common Federal academy that is disappearing from New York. It is unusual for an urban building to remain in continuous use for 150 years while keeping much of its original fabric. It also housed a school that gave quality education to Lansingburgh residents in the 19th and 20th centuries.","narrative":"Lansingburgh Academy is a two-and-a-half-story brick school at 4th and 114th Streets in north Troy, about three blocks from the Hudson River. The main building dates to 1820 and is plain and symmetrical, with a gabled roof, a five-bay front, fanlights in the gable ends and a two-stage cupola. A one-story gymnasium, designed by architect Edward W. Loth, was attached at the rear in 1902. The interior remains largely intact, with a central hall on each floor, beaded-board wainscot, six-panel doors and an attic with mortise-and-tenon framing. The academy was incorporated in 1796 and first used a wooden building. Its principals included Samuel Blatchford, later the first president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Herman Melville studied there in 1838. In 1901 the building became the first Lansingburgh High School, and later served as a vocational school, elementary school and library. Its survival as a continuously used Federal-period academy led to its listing.","period_of_significance":"1820","architect_builder":"Edward W. Loth, architect of the 1902 gymnasium addition","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in educational use at the time of nomination; owned by the school district, with plans to renovate it for further community use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.270585-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001267.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001267/a9fed01551-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001267/a9fed01551-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lansingburgh_Academy_Jan_11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lansingburgh_Academy_Jan_11.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100008651","name":"Central Lansingburgh Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/central-lansingburgh-historic-district-100008651/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321250","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansingburgh_Academy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6487495"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/lansingburgh-academy-76001267/"}