Knox District School No. 5 is a historic one-room school building located within Thompson's Lake State Park in the town of Knox in Albany County, New York. It was built in 1898 and is a one-story 20-by-24-foot (6.1 by 7.3 m) rectangular frame building on a dry laid stone foundation. School use ceased in 1940, and it has been vacant since 1999.[2]
Knox District School No. 5 | |
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| Location | Ketchum Rd., Knox, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°39′38″N 74°2′43″W / 42.66056°N 74.04528°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1898 |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000441[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 19, 2005 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Elisabeth A. Bakker Johnson (September 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Knox District School No. 5". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-13. See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".