{"nrhp_refnum":"94001281","name":"Public School No. 10","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"77 Adams St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.722773749000055,"lon":-73.69247734899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-11-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large three-story brick Georgian Revival public school building at 77 Adams Street, at the corner of Adams and Third Streets in South Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, built in 1898 and designed by M.F. Cummings and Son.","why_significant":"The building is significant for education and architecture as a distinctive and highly intact example of a late-nineteenth-century school type in Troy. It reflects typical school design of the period, including a utilitarian plan, a second-floor principal's office over the main entrance, an attic gymnasium and progressive ventilation systems. It is also a fine work of one of Troy's most prolific architectural firms.","narrative":"Public School No. 10 is a three-story brick school at the corner of Adams and Third Streets in South Troy, New York. Completed in 1898, it has an H-shaped plan, hard glazed orange brick walls, limestone and terra cotta trim, and a double-hipped slate roof with dormers. The east entrance has a terra cotta portico with paired Ionic columns. Inside, six classrooms open off corridors on each main floor, and the attic served as a gymnasium. The design came from M.F. Cummings and Son, a prolific Troy firm that designed at least eight schools in the city, and School 10 is one of three similar schools the firm produced within about two years, each with different decorative detail. The building reflects late-nineteenth-century school design and Troy's commitment to public education during rapid industrial growth. Converted to apartments in 1992, it keeps its original classroom layout, wood trim, blackboards and other finishes, and retains exceptional integrity inside and out.","period_of_significance":"1898","architect_builder":"M.F. Cummings and Son","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Converted to multi-family residential use in 1992; original classroom divisions and many original finishes survive, and the building retains a high level of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.072425-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/94001281.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001281/a4a3e5df3b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001281/a4a3e5df3b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"UtsukushiHikariNY","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Troy_Public_School_10_(formerly).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">UtsukushiHikariNY</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Troy_Public_School_10_(formerly).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321281","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_School_No._10_(Troy,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7257564"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/public-school-no-10-94001281/"}