{"nrhp_refnum":"97001389","name":"Waverly Junior and Senoir High School","other_names":["Mary W. Muldoon High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"443 Pennsylvania Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waverly","county":"Tioga County","state":"NY","lat":42.00408015700003,"lon":-76.53794848799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick school building with a two-story rear wing, built in 1913 at 443 Pennsylvania Avenue in the Village of Waverly, Tioga County, New York. It was designed by W.T. Towner of New York and built by L.F. Lord and Son of Waverly.","why_significant":"The building is presented as an intact, representative example of early twentieth century public school architecture in New York's Southern Tier, designed to meet New York's 1904 school house law as amended in 1910. It is also associated with Mary W. Muldoon, a teacher and principal who founded a teachers' assistance fund and introduced industrial and domestic sciences. The form argues the school retains a high level of integrity.","narrative":"Completed in 1913, this brick school at 443 Pennsylvania Avenue in Waverly, New York, replaced a small 1857 school on the same site. W.T. Towner of New York designed it in a Jacobean-inspired style, and L.F. Lord and Son of Waverly built it. It has three sections with tiled gable roofs, tall chimneys, cast stone window surrounds and a classical entrance with Doric columns. The plan follows New York's 1904 school house law, with fire-resistant brick and concrete, stairwells at both ends and single-sided classroom lighting. The school also honors Mary Muldoon, a teacher and principal who served twenty-two years, introduced industrial and domestic sciences, and in 1927 founded a fund to help retired teachers. The building served as a high school and junior high until 1967, when it became administrative offices. Its exterior and many interior features remain largely intact, and it is now listed as vacant.","period_of_significance":"1913-1949","architect_builder":"Architect: W.T. Towner, New York; Builder: L.F. Lord and Son, Waverly","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revival/Tudor Revival (described in the text as Jacobean Revival)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Used as a school until 1967, then as administrative offices and offices/apartments; the current function is listed as vacant/not in use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.223832-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97001389.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322461","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waverly_Junior_and_Senior_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7975488"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/tioga-county/waverly-junior-and-senoir-high-school-97001389/"}