{"nrhp_refnum":"88000717","name":"Garfield School","other_names":["Brunswick District No. 2 School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 2 and Moonlawn Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Eagle Mills","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.73113439000008,"lon":-73.59836678899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-06-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, two-room frame schoolhouse at Route 2 and Moonlawn Road at the eastern edge of the village of Eagle Mills, Town of Brunswick, Rensselaer County, New York, built in 1881 as Brunswick School District No. 2.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an exceptionally well-preserved two-room rural school, an unusual type for the 1880s, built from a commissioned design by a local carpenter rather than a plan-book pattern. It reflects the value the prosperous farming community placed on public education and the shift from one-room schools toward larger graded schools. Its intact exterior and interior are described as rare.","narrative":"Garfield School is a one-story, two-room frame schoolhouse on a grassy knoll at the eastern edge of Eagle Mills in the Town of Brunswick. Built in 1881 for School District No. 2, it was designed by Nicholas Pawley, a carpenter from nearby Poestenkill. It has clapboard walls divided into panels, sawn brackets, a hipped roof with a cupola and weathervane, and a marble datestone over the entrance. Inside, two classrooms are separated by large sliding doors, and the original plan, woodwork, wainscoting and blackboards survive. An early twentieth-century rear addition added toilets and a basement stairway, built to match the original detailing. The building matters because two-room schools were uncommon in 1880s rural Rensselaer County, and because it is described as the best-preserved example in the county. It reflects the farming prosperity of Brunswick and the community's commitment to public education. The town now owns it and plans a historical society and library use.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1881)","architect_builder":"Nicholas Pawley, Joachim Filieau","architectural_style":"Stick style detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Town of Brunswick and slated to continue an educational role as a historical society and library; condition listed as good and altered, with a work-in-progress status box also marked.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.139256-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88000717.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000717/65aa80111d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000717/65aa80111d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"UpstateNYer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GarfieldSchool.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">UpstateNYer</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:GarfieldSchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321230","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_School_(Brunswick,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1419991"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/garfield-school-88000717/"}