{"nrhp_refnum":"82004687","name":"Morristown Schoolhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Columbia St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Morristown","county":"St. Lawrence County","state":"NY","lat":44.58499440000003,"lon":-75.64615256599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small, rectangular, gable-roofed limestone schoolhouse on Columbia Street in the village of Morristown, St. Lawrence County, New York, built about 1824. It is now a schoolhouse museum.","why_significant":"The building is described as a rare intact example of the vernacular stone buildings of northern New York. Its coursed rubble construction illustrates the distinctive characteristics of limestone building practices in the St. Lawrence region. It also reflects the early development of Morristown, which formed as a township in 1821.","narrative":"Built around 1824, shortly after Morristown became a township in 1821, this small limestone building on Columbia Street served as the community's first schoolhouse. County histories mention schoolmaster George Couper. The school closed in 1877 and was bought by Henry Chapman. From 1899 to 1910 the building housed the village hall, and later it was used as an electrical substation. Sidelights were added at the entrance around 1899. The structure is rectangular with a gable roof and coursed rubble walls of local limestone, and its sloping site exposes basement windows on the west side. The Morristown Foundation took on the building as a preservation project in 1972, restored the interior in 1976 and installed a new shingle roof. It now operates as a schoolhouse museum, open by appointment. It is valued as a rare intact example of northern New York's vernacular stone architecture and of regional limestone building practices.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular stone building (coursed rubble limestone)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored as a schoolhouse museum in 1976; in good condition, open to the public by appointment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.400151-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82004687.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004687/b556754e9e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004687/b556754e9e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MORRISTOWN_SCHOOL.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</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:MORRISTOWN_SCHOOL.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314674","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morristown_Schoolhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6914129"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/st-lawrence-county/morristown-schoolhouse-82004687/"}