Built 1850 Opened 1850 Added to NRHP 21 July 1988 | NRHP Reference # 88001018 Area 8,000 m² | |
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Location Horse Block Road,
Farmingville, New York Architectural style Greek Revival architecture | ||
Bald Hill Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school building located at Farmingville in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1850 and is a small, one story, vernacular rural schoolhouse with Greek Revival style detailing. It measures approximately 18 feet by 28 feet. It closed for classroom instruction in 1929. Also on the property are boy's and girl's privys, a small woodshed, and a house formerly owned by a member of the Terry family.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The school is located in Farmingville Hills Park and is owned by the Farmingville Hills Historical Society, which plans to operate the schoolhouse as a museum.
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