{"nrhp_refnum":"83004216","name":"East Irvington School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Taxter Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Irvington","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.04634753600004,"lon":-73.85532150199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-10-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","European","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick public school building on a 1.7 acre hilltop lot in East Irvington, an unincorporated hamlet in Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1891 and given a second story in 1925.","why_significant":"It is the community's oldest surviving school and its most conspicuous architectural landmark. It is a largely intact example of a small-town public school of around 1900. It is also tied to the education and assimilation of the area's first and second generation Irish immigrants from 1891 to World War II.","narrative":"Perched on the crest of a hill above the Hudson River, this two-story brick schoolhouse serves as the most prominent civic building in East Irvington, a small residential hamlet in Westchester County. Built in 1891, it received a second floor in 1925, marked by a thin stone beltcourse. Notable features include fine brick and stone work, a Romanesque Revival rear entrance, an octagonal rooftop cupola, and oak woodwork throughout the largely unaltered interior. The school taught kindergarten through eighth grade and drew children from neighboring Irvington-on-Hudson as well. East Irvington grew as a working community, many of its residents Irish immigrants employed on farms, railroads, the Croton Aqueduct, docks and estates, and the school became a key part of their education and assimilation. Because the hamlet has no town hall of its own, the building also functioned as its largest civic structure. The school closed in 1972 when the district centralized, and it later stood vacant before conversion to apartments.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival rear entrance noted; building described as typical turn-of-the-century small town public school","criteria":[],"status_note":"Closed as a school in 1972 and vacant since; at the time of the form it was being converted 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 02:50:43.486658-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83004216.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004216/1cbd3b6a6b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004216/1cbd3b6a6b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Irvington_School.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Irvington_School.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323011","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Irvington_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5328650"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/east-irvington-school-83004216/"}