Knox School #5 - Voorheesville, NY
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N 42° 39.631 W 074° 02.694
18T E 578276 N 4723558
This school is in Thompson's Lake State Park in the town of Knox in Albany County, New York. This structure was built in 1898 to replace an earlier structure built in 1822 and relocated in 1852. It was used as a school unit 1939-40.
Waymark Code: WMZ2N7
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member wayfrog
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"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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005."
Original or Re-creation?: Original

Year the school first opened.: 01/01/1898

Year the school closed.: 01/01/1939

Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no

Address:
250 Ketcham Road
Voorheesville, NY US
12186

Web Address (if available): [Web Link]

Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: Not Listed
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