{"nrhp_refnum":"87001371","name":"Chelsea Grammar School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Liberty St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chelsea","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.552285305000055,"lon":-73.96743084299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-08-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick schoolhouse built in 1875 on Liberty Street in the hamlet of Chelsea, town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York. It is now used as a community center.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a distinctive, intact example of a late nineteenth century one-room schoolhouse and a landmark in the hamlet. Its restrained, Gothic-inspired design echoes the neighboring St. Mark's Episcopal Church. It also reflects Chelsea's post-Civil War prosperity and the value placed on education, and it remains a focus of civic life.","narrative":"Built in 1875, this one-story brick schoolhouse sits on a small lot on Liberty Street in the Hudson River hamlet of Chelsea. A gable roof, a square frame bell tower, tall arched and segmentally arched openings, and a marble date tablet above the paired front windows define its look. Separate boys' and girls' entrances reflect its original purpose. Inside, a single large classroom retains blackboards, picture rails, cabinetry and bead-board wainscot. The school replaced an earlier one shown on the same site in an 1858 atlas, and it was built during the peak of Chelsea's prosperity after the Civil War. Its restrained Gothic-inspired design echoes the nearby St. Mark's Episcopal Church of 1866, though it is plainer and more institutional. Together with two churches, it forms a civic cluster on high ground above the riverfront. After local schools were centralized, the fire company acquired the building, which now serves as a community center and continues its role in civic life.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Restrained Gothic-inspired institutional design, reflecting Picturesque and Gothic Revival influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition fair; in use as a community center operated by the local fire company; original site; security screens added to windows c1970.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.023983-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87001371.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001371/bfa51dcda9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001371/bfa51dcda9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chelsea_Grammar_School,_Chelsea,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Chelsea_Grammar_School,_Chelsea,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312500","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Grammar_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5090079"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/chelsea-grammar-school-87001371/"}