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Grindstone Island Upper Schoolhouse

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Built
  
1885 (1885)

Opened
  
1885

NRHP Reference #
  
12000509

Added to NRHP
  
14 August 2012

Grindstone Island Upper Schoolhouse

Location
  
41591 Cross Island Rd., on Grindstone Island, Clayton, New York

Area
  
Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)

Grindstone Island Upper Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school building located on Grindstone Island, Clayton, Jefferson County, New York. It was built in 1885, and is a 1 1/2-story, three bay by one bay, frame building on a granite foundation. The building includes a vestibule and small teachers apartment. Also on the property is a contributing well pump. It operated until 1989, making it the last one-room school in operation in New York State.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

References

Grindstone Island Upper Schoolhouse Wikipedia