Adelaide Avenue School

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Adelaide Avenue School
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Adelaide Avenue School, January 2008
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Location108-116 Adelaide Ave., Canandaigua, New York
Coordinates 42°53′1″N77°17′10″W / 42.88361°N 77.28611°W / 42.88361; -77.28611 Coordinates: 42°53′1″N77°17′10″W / 42.88361°N 77.28611°W / 42.88361; -77.28611
Arealess than one acre
Built1890
ArchitectFoote, Orlando K.
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPS Canandaigua MRA
NRHP reference No. 84002822 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1984

Adelaide Avenue School is a historic school building located at Canandaigua in Ontario County, New York. It was built about 1890 and is a one-story, polychrome brick structure on a raised basement. It features a variety of picturesque late 19th century decorative features in the Queen Anne style, such as a multi-gabled roof surmounted by a louvred cupola. It is a typical example of a late 19th-century ward school, along with the Saltonstall Street School. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [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. Ontario County Historical Society (September 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Adelaide Avenue School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2009-06-14.