Sterling District No. 5 Schoolhouse

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Sterling District No. 5 Schoolhouse
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Location NY104A, Sterling, New York
Coordinates 43°19′25″N76°38′51″W / 43.32361°N 76.64750°W / 43.32361; -76.64750
Arealess than one acre
Built1853
Architectural styleItalian Villa
NRHP reference No. 02001119 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 10, 2002

Sterling District No. 5 Schoolhouse is a historic school building located at Sterling in Cayuga County, New York. It was built about 1853 and is a two-story hewn timber frame building with a front-facing gable roof, built above a mortared rubble stone foundation. It is rectangular in shape and measures 28 feet by 38 feet. It was used as a school into the 1950s. It has since been used by the Sterling Historical Society for museum display space and as the Town Hall. [2]


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Building in 2022

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

It is now the Sterling Historical Society Museum.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. William E. Krattinger (July 2001). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Sterling District No. 5 Schoolhouse. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 25, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)