Knox District School No. 5

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Knox District School No. 5
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Location Ketchum Rd., Knox, New York
Coordinates 42°39′38″N74°2′43″W / 42.66056°N 74.04528°W / 42.66056; -74.04528 Coordinates: 42°39′38″N74°2′43″W / 42.66056°N 74.04528°W / 42.66056; -74.04528
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1898
NRHP reference # 05000441 [1]
Added to NRHP May 19, 2005

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]

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