Morristown Schoolhouse

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Morristown Schoolhouse
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LocationGouverneur St.
Morristown, New York, U.S.
Coordinates 44°35′6″N75°38′47″W / 44.58500°N 75.64639°W / 44.58500; -75.64639 Coordinates: 44°35′6″N75°38′47″W / 44.58500°N 75.64639°W / 44.58500; -75.64639
Arealess than one acre
Built1824
MPS Morristown Village MRA
NRHP reference No. 82004687 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 2, 1982

Morristown Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school building located at Morristown in St. Lawrence County, New York. It was built about 1824 and is a one-story, small rectangular gable roofed limestone building. It was used as a school until 1877, then was village hall from 1899 and 1910. In 1976, it was renovated as a schoolhouse museum. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. unknown (April 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Morristown Schoolhouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-01-01.