Franklin School is a historic school located at Schenectady in Schenectady County, New York. It was built in 1907 and is a two-story, red brick H-shaped institutional building in the Georgian Revival style. It is trimmed with yellow brick and stone. There are massive yellow brick pilasters at the corner of the pavilions and recessed rectangular panels. It operated as a school by the Schenectady City School District until 1974.[2]
Franklin School | |
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| Location | Ave. B and Mason St., Schenectady, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°49′23″N 73°55′21″W / 42.82306°N 73.92250°W |
| Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
| Built | 1907 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001791 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 30, 1983 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
The building is identical to the former Horace Mann School, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Lucy A. Breyer (October 1982). "Franklin School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-12-24. See also: "Accompanying four photos".
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-02-01. Note: This includes Michael Lopez and Emilie Gould (January 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Horace Mann School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-02-01. and Accompanying photographs