Troy Public High School
Also known as: Troy Area Senior High School; Troy High School
Why it's listed
Built in 1923-24 on high ground in Troy Borough, the Troy Public High School is a large brick Colonial Revival building measuring about 435 by 165 feet, with a central nine-bay block of white-painted Doric pilasters, a copper modillioned cornice, and an octagonal cupola. Lawrie and Lappley of Harrisburg were first engaged as architects, and C.M. Thompson of Towanda was the original general contractor. The school was financed through the Troy School Association, which sold bonds after a fire destroyed the earlier high school in January 1922 and rented the new building to the district. Its 1936 and 1939 wings were funded partly by the Works Progress Administration, and Lawrie and Green designed them. The school is regarded as the principal surviving example of early twentieth-century public high school education in the area, drawing students from several townships and boroughs in western Bradford County.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the school is locally significant for education, as the only public high school serving western Bradford County in its early years, and as a product of an innovative bond-financing arrangement called the Troy Plan. The 1936 and 1939 additions reflect New Deal federal funding. The building is also argued to be a substantially original and rare large-scale example of Colonial Revival school architecture designed by Lawrie and Green.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 02000067, listed February 20, 2002. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 250 High St., Troy |
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| County | Bradford County |
| Listed | February 20, 2002 |
| Reference number | 02000067 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1923-1951 |
| Architect / builder | Lawrie and Green, Lawrie and Lappley (architects); Thompson, C.M. (1923-24), Case, F.P. & Sons (1936 & 39), Hedeen, Raymond (1954) (builders) |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
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| Areas of significance | Education, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The document states the school retains its integrity and was still in use as a school building, with the gymnasium converted to a library in 1974. |
| Acreage | 3.9 |
| Coordinates | 41.78907, -76.78524 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 02000067.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7846928
- This listing as JSON
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