{"nrhp_refnum":"83001712","name":"Vrooman Avenue School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Vrooman Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amsterdam","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NY","lat":42.93568711000006,"lon":-74.17453309099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-06-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, H-shaped yellow brick elementary school with stone trim on Vrooman Avenue in northeast Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York, completed in 1918 on a roughly two-acre site, with a gymnasium added in 1925.","why_significant":"The school is an intact, representative example of early twentieth century Georgian Revival architecture, with a symmetrical plan, regular fenestration and classical detailing. It is also significant locally for its link to Amsterdam's industrial growth and the resulting expansion of its school system. For over five decades it served as an educational and community center for the neighborhood \"on the hill.\"","narrative":"Vrooman Avenue School is a two-story, H-shaped building of yellow brick with stone trim, set on about two acres in a residential part of northeast Amsterdam, New York. Completed in 1918, it was one of several elementary schools built as industrial growth and immigration swelled the city's population and its enrollment. A gymnasium was added at basement level in 1925, and the building has not been altered since. Its symmetrical plan, regular windows and classical details, including a curved pediment over the main entrance and a carved child's head and open book, mark it as Georgian Revival. Much original interior woodwork and a brick fireplace survive. The architect and builder are unknown. The school served the new hillside neighborhood as both a place of learning and a community center until it closed in 1975. It now stands vacant, with exterior deterioration, and conversion to apartments was planned.","period_of_significance":"1918","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Closed as a school in June 1975 and vacant; the exterior has deteriorated from vandalism and lack of maintenance, though architectural integrity remains. Plans were in progress to convert it to apartments.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.651612-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001712.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001712/779bda5368-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001712/779bda5368-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jess","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_-_Vrooman_Avenue_School_-_20190930162336.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jess</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:New_York_-_Vrooman_Avenue_School_-_20190930162336.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319059","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrooman_Avenue_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7943169"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/montgomery-county/vrooman-avenue-school-83001712/"}