{"nrhp_refnum":"96001428","name":"Smyrna Elementary School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"School St., SE of NY 80","address_restricted":false,"city":"Smyrna","county":"Chenango County","state":"NY","lat":42.68626362800006,"lon":-75.56957926499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-12-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story brick school building on School Street in the village of Smyrna, Chenango County, New York, built in 1941 to a design by architect Gordon Wright, with additions made in the 1950s.","why_significant":"The school is argued to be a distinctive, intact example of a small pre-World War II village school, reflecting the school centralization movement in New York. It embodies the Art Moderne style through geometric massing, a flat roof, no cornice, and a monumental limestone entrance enframement. It retains a high level of integrity inside and out.","narrative":"Smyrna Elementary School is a one-story brick school on School Street in the village of Smyrna, Chenango County. It was built in 1941 after residents voted in 1940 to consolidate their school district with the Sherburne Central District, with Smyrna housing grades 1 through 6. Architect Gordon Wright of Fayetteville designed it, and George E. Williams and Son of Utica built it. The building is a series of flat-roofed rectangular pavilions of brick-faced concrete block. Its Art Moderne character is expressed through geometric massing, broad brick walls, no cornice, and a monumental limestone entrance with stone pilasters and a glass-block panel. Inside are classrooms, a library, and a gymnasium with a stage. Additions in the 1950s added a classroom wing and a kitchen, and these are compatible with the original design. The building is described as typical of schools shaped by New York's centralization movement and retains its original form, floor plan and finishes. Classes ended in the early 1990s, and the building is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1941","architect_builder":"Gordon Wright (architect, of Fayetteville); George E. Williams and Son of Utica (builder)","architectural_style":"Art Moderne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant. The school closed in the early 1990s; the village took title in 1992 and the current owner hopes to convert it to housing.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.577596-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96001428.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001428/4abd933426-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001428/4abd933426-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Agreen54","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smyrna_Elementary_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Agreen54</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:Smyrna_Elementary_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316910","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smyrna_Elementary_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7546727"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chenango-county/smyrna-elementary-school-96001428/"}