{"nrhp_refnum":"97000938","name":"Huguenot Schoolhouse","other_names":["District School No. 3"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Old Grange Rd., S of jct. of Old Grange and Big Pond Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Deerpark","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.41984810900004,"lon":-74.63227669099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-08-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick schoolhouse (District School No. 3) on Old Grange Road in the hamlet of Huguenot, town of Deerpark, Orange County, New York, built in the 1860s in the late Greek Revival style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a well-preserved one-room brick schoolhouse that keeps its original form and setting, and a representative regional example of Greek Revival schoolhouse architecture in Deerpark. It also reflects mid-nineteenth-century school reform and the hamlet's history during the Delaware and Hudson Canal era.","narrative":"Built on a knoll above the hamlet of Huguenot in Deerpark, Orange County, this one-story brick schoolhouse served as District School No. 3 for 98 years, until students were reassigned to Port Jervis in 1961. The building has a rectangular plan, a stone foundation, a gable roof topped by an octagonal wooden belfry, and original six-over-six windows. Its molded cornice with partial returns and wide frieze reflect the late Greek Revival style. The land was donated by the VanInwegen family, and construction coincided with the busiest years of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, which shaped the hamlet's economy. The one-room plan, separate vestibule, high ceiling and evenly spaced windows follow mid-nineteenth-century school reform ideas. Changes from the 1930s, including a partition and bathrooms, and the later outward re-hanging of the front doors for fire safety, record the building's use over time. It is described as a rare surviving example of its type in the region and is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1863-1946","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-Nineteenth Century/Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Closed as a school in 1961 after 98 years of continuous use; current function listed as vacant.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.315135-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97000938.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000938/97ab2a3346-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000938/97ab2a3346-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huguenot_Schoolhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Huguenot_Schoolhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320678","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huguenot_Schoolhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706465"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/huguenot-schoolhouse-97000938/"}