Dryden District School No. 5

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Dryden District School No. 5
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Location1756 Hanshaw Rd., Dryden, New York
Coordinates 42°28′26″N76°25′53″W / 42.47389°N 76.43139°W / 42.47389; -76.43139 Coordinates: 42°28′26″N76°25′53″W / 42.47389°N 76.43139°W / 42.47389; -76.43139
Arealess than one acre
Built1827
Architectural styleOctagon Style
NRHP reference No. 94001282 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 04, 1994

Dryden District School No. 5, also known as Eight Square Schoolhouse, is a historic octagonal school building located in Dryden in Tompkins County, New York. It was built in 1827 and is a simple one-room, one-story, brick octagon style building constructed with a low pitch hipped roof banded by a plain narrow frieze. A circular brick chimney rises from the center of the standing seam metal roof. Also on the property are two free standing, wood frame, gable roofed outhouses. It was used as a school until 1941 and is now a facility of the Dewitt Historical Society. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]

Students and teachers in front of the octagonal Eight Square Schoolhouse in Dryden, New York, in 1890. Octagonal Schoolhouse In New York 1890.jpg
Students and teachers in front of the octagonal Eight Square Schoolhouse in Dryden, New York, in 1890.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Claire L. Ross (August 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dryden District School No. 5". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2009-11-10.See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".