The Vrooman Avenue School is a historic school building located at 400 Vrooman Avenue in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1918 and is a two-story, H-shaped, yellow brick institutional building. It features a slight projecting central pavilion at the main entrance and an elaborate stone carving depicting a child's head and a swag draped around an open book. A gymnasium was added to the main structure in 1925. The school closed in June 1975,[2] and is now an apartment building.
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| Location | 400 Vrooman Ave., Amsterdam, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°56′8″N 74°10′30″W / 42.93556°N 74.17500°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1918 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001712[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 30, 1983 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Lucy A. Breyer (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Vrooman Avenue School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-09-11. See also: "Accompanying four photos".
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