{"nrhp_refnum":"92000068","name":"School No. 7","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of E. Lake Shore Dr. and N. Serval St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dunkirk","county":"Chautauqua County","state":"NY","lat":42.496206511000025,"lon":-79.31649393699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"School No. 7 is a one-story, U-shaped brick and hollow-tile elementary school on East Lake Shore Drive in Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, designed about 1916-19 and built about 1920-21 on a 6.3-acre city parcel.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a largely intact, very early example in the Northeast of the one-story school type that became widespread in the 1920s. It embodies nine characteristics of early twentieth century school design, including a U-shaped plan, flat roof, natural lighting, specialty spaces and fire safety features. It was cited as a model in William G. Bruce's 1925 Grade School Buildings, Book II.","narrative":"School No. 7 is a one-story elementary school on East Lake Shore Drive in Dunkirk, New York. Designed around 1916-19 by architect Edgar Eugene Joralemon and built around 1920-21 by E.J. Baily, it has a U-shaped plan of load-bearing hollow tile faced with dark red brick, arranged around an enclosed courtyard. Light gray limestone brackets, lintels and coping provide restrained Tudor-inspired decoration, and a rear auditorium/gymnasium has Flemish-inspired gables. A boiler room was added in the 1930s. The school is significant as an early Northeastern example of the one-story school type, with classrooms lit from one side, an exit beside every classroom pair, and specialty rooms such as a kindergarten, library, shop and home economics space. Educator William G. Bruce cited it as a model in 1925. Its interior retains original spatial layout and woodwork, though the original windows were replaced in 1978. The building is listed as vacant.","period_of_significance":"1920-21; 1930s","architect_builder":"Architect: Edgar Eugene Joralemon; Builder: E.J. Baily","architectural_style":"Education; School (Tudor-inspired limestone trim and Flemish-inspired gable ends noted in the description)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant; the description notes minor water damage to some plaster ceilings from recent roof leaks.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.644995-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92000068.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000068/8020af0491-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000068/8020af0491-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:School_No._7_Dunkirk_NY_Nov_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:School_No._7_Dunkirk_NY_Nov_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316784","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_No._7_(Dunkirk,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7432291"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chautauqua-county/school-no-7-92000068/"}