Hayt's Chapel and Schoolhouse consists of a historic church and a historic school building located at Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York. The chapel is a small rectangular frame gable roofed structure constructed in 1847 and measuring approximately 20 feet by 40 feet. The structure features a number of Gothic Revival details. There is a small entrance vestibule added sometime in the 1930s or 1940s when the building was converted for school use.
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| Location | 1296-1298 Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°28′8″N 76°32′43″W / 42.46889°N 76.54528°W |
| Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architect | Hayt, Charles |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001453[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 22, 2005 |
In 1996, the Town of Ithaca honored the location with a historic marker.[2] The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
Chapel
editPassage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 split members of Ithaca's Presbyterian congregation (located next to DeWitt Park).[2] The church's Rev. Dr. William Wisner was strongly pro-slavery, and a number of anti-slavery church members split with the congregation to establish their own church.[2] This group, headed by prominent abolitionist Charles Hayt, along with Murdock Halsey and others, set up a small gothic church on land donated by Hayt.[2]
Hayt's Chapel was referred to as the "Abolition Church" and was thought to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad, which roughly followed the western shore of Cayuga Lake along route 96. Abolitionist meetings were held in the schoolhouse and chapel.[2]
Schoolhouse
editHayt's Schoolhouse was built prior to the church, in the 1830s and is a one-story frame T-shaped building in the Greek Revival style. The one-room school remained in use until 1964 and has since been converted to an apartment.[3] The schoolhouse retains features such as its blackboard and flagpole.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f Grippi, Rosalind and Salvatore (March 1, 2006). "Historic Presence". Ithaca.com. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on April 4, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Anthony Opalka (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hayt's Corners Chapel and Schoolhouse" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying 12 photographs
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