{"nrhp_refnum":"79003797","name":"Drum Hill High School","other_names":["Drum Hill Senior Living Community"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Ringgold St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peekskill","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.28814035600004,"lon":-73.92323960699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-12-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, E-shaped Neoclassical school building of grey-buff pressed brick on Ringgold Street in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, designed by Edward E. Joralemon and built 1909-1911.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is architecturally significant and reflects Peekskill's long commitment to education. It incorporated innovative European-influenced school features such as an E-shaped plan, an interior light court (atrium), skylights, fireproof construction, a complex heating and ventilation system and a gymnasium. It was praised at its dedication as one of the finest and best-equipped schools in the state.","narrative":"Drum Hill High School sits on a wooded promontory 204 feet above the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. Designed by architect Edward E. Joralemon, it was built between 1909 and 1911 at a cost of $180,000 plus $15,000 for furnishings. The three-story, E-shaped building of grey-buff pressed brick is Neoclassical in style, with colossal Ionic columns, a rusticated ground story and a granite foundation. Inside, classrooms surround a central atrium with a curving iron staircase and skylights, an arrangement drawn from German school designs. The building was fireproof except for its roof and included science laboratories, manual training areas, a gymnasium and an advanced heating and ventilation system. It was built to meet new state school standards adopted in 1904. Intended for over 1,000 students, it became a junior high school in 1930 and closed by 1972. The nomination records vandalism and neglect, and notes local efforts to find a new public use for the vacant structure.","period_of_significance":"Specific dates: Sept. 13, 1909-Sept. 25, 1911","architect_builder":"Edward E. Joralemon (architect); contractor A. S. Renza began construction but failed to complete it, and a new contractor finished the work","architectural_style":"Neoclassical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked unoccupied and described as vacant; the school closed by 1972, and the form notes vandalism and neglect, with the city and other groups exploring ways to save it.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.720636-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79003797.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003797/7d71c13930-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003797/7d71c13930-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PeekskillNY_OldDrumHillHighSchool.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</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:PeekskillNY_OldDrumHillHighSchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323009","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_Hill_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5309057"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/drum-hill-high-school-79003797/"}