Stone Arabia School

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Stone Arabia School
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Location6453 NY 31, Cicero, New York
Coordinates 43°10′39″N76°4′31″W / 43.17750°N 76.07528°W / 43.17750; -76.07528 Coordinates: 43°10′39″N76°4′31″W / 43.17750°N 76.07528°W / 43.17750; -76.07528
Built1854
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 07000289 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 12, 2007

Stone Arabia School, also known now as Stone Arabia Schoolhouse Museum, was built in 1854 in Cicero, New York. It is significant as "an outstanding example of a mid-nineteenth century modest Greek Revival style one-room schoolhouse". [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

It is operated by a local history group, the Cicero Historical Society, and is open on weekends during the summer. Also included at the site is a historic log cabin.

It is located on New York State Route 31 just east of South Bay Road which runs from Syracuse to Oneida Lake.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Opalka, Anthony (January 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stone Arabia School (Number 6)" . Retrieved 2009-07-14. and Accompanying 15 photos, exterior and interior, from November, 2006