{"nrhp_refnum":"98001117","name":"Unadilla Forks School","other_names":["Plainfield Town District No. 8 School","Wimac Rebekan Lodge 51"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"113 NY 18A","address_restricted":false,"city":"Unadilla Forks","county":"Otsego County","state":"NY","lat":42.84318035800004,"lon":-75.23645973899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-08-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood-frame rural schoolhouse at 133 County Highway 18A in the hamlet of Unadilla Forks, town of Plainfield, Otsego County, New York, built in 1902 by local carpenters John and Will Adams.","why_significant":"The nomination finds it significant under Criteria A and C as an intact example of an early twentieth-century multi-classroom rural schoolhouse, the only two-story, multi-classroom school in Plainfield's districts. It also has social history importance: after 1940 it served as an Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodge and was for decades the town's only public meeting place.","narrative":"Built in 1902 in the hamlet of Unadilla Forks, this two-story wood-frame schoolhouse replaced an earlier one-room school on the same site. Brothers John and Will Adams, local carpenters, constructed it with clapboard siding, a fieldstone foundation and a gable roof. Two classrooms with banked windows occupy the first floor, and a large assembly room lies above. It was the only two-story, multi-classroom school among Plainfield's districts, built as enrollment grew and state education reforms called for graded instruction. High school classes were taught from 1903 until 1925, and the district joined the West Winfield system in 1931. In 1940 an Odd Fellows lodge bought the building, and for about fifty years it served as the town's only public meeting hall. Apart from a lost bell tower and altered entrance doors, the plan and interior finishes survive largely unchanged. The building is now vacant and owned by the town, which intends to restore it.","period_of_significance":"1902","architect_builder":"Builders: John and Will Adams","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed current function is vacant; the Town of Plainfield has purchased the building intending to restore it to its role in the town's social life.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.402464-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/98001117.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321000","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unadilla_Forks_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7882222"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/otsego-county/unadilla-forks-school-98001117/"}