Verdoy Schoolhouse

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Verdoy Schoolhouse

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Verdoy Schoolhouse, November 2010
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Location 207 Old Niskayuna Rd., Newtonville, New York
Coordinates 42°43′57.7″N73°46′38″W / 42.732694°N 73.77722°W / 42.732694; -73.77722 Coordinates: 42°43′57.7″N73°46′38″W / 42.732694°N 73.77722°W / 42.732694; -73.77722
Area less than one acre
Built 1910
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS Colonie Town MRA
NRHP reference #

97000117 [1]

Verdoy School
Location 957 Troy-Schenectady Rd., Colonie, New York
MPS Colonie Town MRA
NRHP reference # 85002752 [1]
Added to NRHP October 3, 1985
Added to NRHP March 9, 1997

Verdoy Schoolhouse, also known as District No. 7 Schoolhouse, is a historic one-room school building located at Newtonville in Albany County, New York. It was built in 1910 and is an asymmetrical frame building. It features a slate covered hipped roof crowned by a small belfry and a massive chimney at the center of the roof. Until 1996 when moved to the grounds of the Casparus F. Pruyn House, the school was located on Troy-Schenectady Rd. and was previously listed in 1985 as the Verdoy School. [2] [3]

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.

Newtonville, New York hamlet in New York, United States

Newtonville is a hamlet in the town of Colonie in Albany County, New York, United States. Located along U.S. Route 9, the hamlet is just south of Latham and north of Loudonville. Colonie Town Hall is located in the hamlet of Newtonville.

Albany County, New York County in the United States

Albany County is a county in the state of New York, in the United States. Its northern border is formed by the Mohawk River, at its confluence with the Hudson River, which is on the east. As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204. The county seat is Albany, the state capital of New York. As originally established by the English government in the colonial era, Albany County had an indefinite amount of land, but has had an area of 530 square miles (1,400 km2) since March 3, 1888. The county is named for the Duke of York and of Albany, who became James II of England.

It was listed originally on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and relisted in 1997. [1]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. ↑ David G. Barnet (June 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Verdoy School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  3. ↑ John A. Bonafide (April 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Verdoy Schoolhouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-10-13.See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".


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