Vrooman Avenue School

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Vrooman Avenue School
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Location400 Vrooman Ave., Amsterdam, New York
Coordinates 42°56′8″N74°10′30″W / 42.93556°N 74.17500°W / 42.93556; -74.17500
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1918
Architectural style Colonial Revival
Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No. 83001712 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1983

The Vrooman Avenue School is a historic school building located at 400 Vrooman Avenue in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1918 and is a two-story, H-shaped, yellow brick institutional building. It features a slight projecting central pavilion at the main entrance and an elaborate stone carving depicting a child's head and a swag draped around an open book. A gymnasium was added to the main structure in 1925. The school closed in June 1975, [2] and is now an apartment building.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Lucy A. Breyer (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Vrooman Avenue School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-09-11.See also: "Accompanying four photos".