Jerusalem District No. 5 Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school building located at 3510 Old Jerusalem Rd, Wantagh, New York in Nassau County, New York. It is owned by Levittown Union Free School District #5. It was built in 1876 and enlarged to three rooms about 1920. It is a T-shaped building with the original section located at the rear. It is a long frame building on a poured concrete foundation and hipped roof with shallow overhanging eaves. The main entrance features a portico.[2] It is now leased out to a private day care facility.
Jerusalem District No. 5 Schoolhouse | |
 The former one-room schoolhouse, now a local pre-school. | |
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| Location | 3510 Old Jerusalem Road, Wantagh, New York 11793 |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′08″N 73°30′26″W / 40.7021°N 73.5071°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1876 |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000204[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 1, 1996 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996,[1] and was also listed as a Town of Hempstead Historic Site.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ John Auwaerter (November 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Jerusalem District No. 5 Schoolhouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2010-10-30. See also: "Accompanying 11 photos".[permanent dead link]