Brandywine Avenue School

Brandywine Avenue School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	108 Brandywine Ave., Schenectady, New York
Coordinates	42°48′8″N73°55′29″W / 42.80222°N 73.92472°W / 42.80222; -73.92472
Area	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built	1904
Architect	Wooley, W Thomas; Hanrahan Bros.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	99001491 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 9, 1999

Brandywine Avenue School was a historic school located at Schenectady in Schenectady County, New York. It was built in 1904 and was a 3+1⁄2-story, red brick U-shaped institutional building in the Classical Revival style. It sat on a basement of rock-faced limestone and had a hipped roof. It operated as a teacher training facility from 1910 to 1925 and ceased being used as a school in 1974. From 1975 to 1996, it housed Schenectady City School District administrative offices and records storage. ^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. ^[1]

It was destroyed by a fire in November 2007. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Raymond W. Smith (September 1999). "Brandywine Avenue School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved December 24, 2010.See also: "Accompanying two photos".
3. Cathy Woodruff (November 17, 2007). "After fire, 103-year-old ex-school razed". Albany Times Union. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2012.