{"nrhp_refnum":"89000285","name":"Van Cortlandtville School","other_names":["Common School District No. 10"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"297 Locust Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Van Cortlandtville","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.312510717000066,"lon":-73.89990091999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-04-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-story frame rural schoolhouse with Gothic Revival detailing at 297 Locust Avenue in the hamlet of Van Cortlandtville, Town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York. The first school was probably built around 1810-12 and the present building dates from a 1850s rebuilding or remodelling.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare, intact surviving nineteenth-century one-room schoolhouse in Westchester County, reflecting the educational reform movement and its standard building type. It is also a rare example of Gothic Revival style applied to a modest rural school. The rear second classroom marks the later shift toward multi-room schools and school centralization.","narrative":"Van Cortlandtville School is a small, one-story frame schoolhouse on Locust Avenue in Westchester County, New York. Sheathed in board and batten siding under a steep slate roof, it has decorative vergeboard, hood moldings and separate boys' and girls' entrances. A first school on the site was probably built around 1810-12, and the present building dates from an 1850s rebuilding or remodelling. Early twentieth-century additions include a porch, toilet room and a second classroom, with another room added in 1940. The school served School District No. 10 until 1935, when a new elementary school opened, and was later used for kindergarten classes from 1953 to 1972. It was listed as a rare, intact example of a nineteenth-century one-room rural school reflecting New York's education reforms, and as an uncommon use of Gothic Revival style on a modest schoolhouse. Today it serves as a local history meeting place and educational center.","period_of_significance":"Circa 1850 to 1935","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Mid-Nineteenth Century/Gothic Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Used as a meeting place and educational facility, headquarters of the local historical society and a living history center for fourth-grade children; school closed in 1935.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.211553-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89000285.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000285/b469e15608-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000285/b469e15608-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"WindingRoad","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Cortlandtville_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">WindingRoad</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:Van_Cortlandtville_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323283","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Cortlandtville_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7913256"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/van-cortlandtville-school-89000285/"}