Alexander Classical School, Alexander , NY.
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Andy Too
N 42° 54.123 W 078° 15.570
17T E 723734 N 4753581
Number 8 on Tour #6 of the Cobblestone Quest.
Waymark Code: WM4BVJ
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2008
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This three story structure, located at 3323 Church St., Alexander, NY., is reputed to be the largest cobblestone school ever built and is now the only 3-story cobblestone town hall in America. Constructed in 1837 by Hezekiah Barnard with funding from the Literary Society of the Alexandrian Library, it served as a school for 101 yrs (1837-1938). It is currently the Alexander Town Hall.
It was constructed with multicolored field cobbles at 3 courses per quoin, and using limestone(painted) for quoins, lintels and sills, and watertable. The mortar displays very prominent horizontal V joints and vertical pyramid joints. The structure is topped with a wooden ballustrade surrounding a domed octagonal cupola that originally housed the school's bell. The foundation is also field cobblestone but at 1 course per "quoin" with the quoins being squared blocks of limestone.
City, Town, Village Name: Alexander.NY.
Building Usage: Town Hall(currently)
Public or Private: Public
Architectural style: Not listed
Tours Available?: Not Listed
Website: Not listed
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