{"nrhp_refnum":"99001491","name":"Brandywine Avenue School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"108 Brandywine Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Schenectady","county":"Schenectady County","state":"NY","lat":42.802385945000026,"lon":-73.92418596899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-12-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three and one-half story brick public elementary school at 108 Brandywine Avenue in Schenectady, New York, built in 1904 to designs by city architect W. Thomas Wooley and erected by Hanrahan Brothers.","why_significant":"It is a substantially intact, representative example of early twentieth-century public school architecture in Schenectady, built during a program to serve a surge in school-age population. It also served as a teacher training school from 1910 to 1925, a rare role. It remains a prominent civic landmark in a working-class neighborhood.","narrative":"Brandywine Avenue School is a U-shaped red brick building at 108 Brandywine Avenue in Schenectady, set on a 1.27-acre parcel. Completed in 1904 and designed by city architect W. Thomas Wooley, it was built by Hanrahan Brothers for $73,000 as one of nine neighborhood elementary schools erected between 1900 and 1910, when the city's school-age population grew from under 2,000 to over 7,500. It opened with 16 large classrooms and soon became overcrowded. From 1910 to 1925 it also operated as the Teachers' Training School, where student teachers earned state certification. The building has restrained Classical Revival detailing, including cast stone trim, a rusticated first story and pedimented dormers. It served as a school until 1974, then housed school district offices and records until 1996. Original windows, staircases, corridors and classroom layouts survive, making it one of the best preserved schools of its period in the city.","period_of_significance":"1904-1974","architect_builder":"W. Thomas Wooley (city architect); Hanrahan Bros. (builder)","architectural_style":"Late 19th-Early 20th Century Revivals/Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed function is vacant/not in use. The building was a school until 1974, then housed school district administration and records storage from 1975 to 1996.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.5072-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99001491.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321663","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandywine_Avenue_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4957270"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schenectady-county/brandywine-avenue-school-99001491/"}