Adelaide Avenue School is a historic school building located at Canandaigua in Ontario County, New York. It was built about 1890 and is a one-story, polychrome brick structure on a raised basement. It features a variety of picturesque late 19th century decorative features in the Queen Anne style, such as a multi-gabled roof surmounted by a louvred cupola. It is a typical example of a late 19th-century ward school, along with the Saltonstall Street School.[2]
Adelaide Avenue School | |
 Adelaide Avenue School, January 2008 | |
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| Location | 108-116 Adelaide Ave., Canandaigua, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°53′1″N 77°17′10″W / 42.88361°N 77.28611°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1890 |
| Architect | Foote, Orlando K. |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| MPS | Canandaigua MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002822[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 26, 1984 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
Gallery
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Louvred cupola -
Roof gable
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Ontario County Historical Society (September 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Adelaide Avenue School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14.