District School No. 3 (Chaumont, New York)

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District School No. 3
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Location Junction of NY 3 and County Rd. 57, Putnam Corners, Lyme, New York
Coordinates 44°4′9″N76°14′18″W / 44.06917°N 76.23833°W / 44.06917; -76.23833 Coordinates: 44°4′9″N76°14′18″W / 44.06917°N 76.23833°W / 44.06917; -76.23833
Area less than one acre
Built 1875
MPS Lyme MRA
NRHP reference # 90001326 [1]
Added to NRHP September 6, 1990

District School No. 3, also known as Putnam Schoolhouse, is a historic one-room school building located at Lyme in Jefferson County, New York. The schoolhouse consists of a 1 12-story, two-by-three-bay wood-frame main block constructed about 1875, and a 1-story, two-by-one-bay rear addition constructed about 1900. Also on the property is a double privy dating to about 1900. [2]

One-room school small rural school in which students of different ages are mixed in a single classroom

One-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain. In most rural and small town schools, all of the students met in a single room. There, a single teacher taught academic basics to several grade levels of elementary-age boys and girls. While in many areas one-room schools are no longer used, it is not uncommon for them to remain in developing nations and rural or remote areas. Examples include remote parts of the American West, the Falklands, and the Shetland Islands.

Lyme, New York Town in New York, United States

Lyme is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 2,185 at the 2010 census.

Jefferson County, New York County in the United States

Jefferson County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 116,229. Its county seat is Watertown. The county is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. It is adjacent to Lake Ontario, southeast from the Canada–US border of Ontario.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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