Guy Park Avenue School
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Guy Park Avenue School, also known as Walter Elwood Museum, is a historic school
building located at Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York
. It was built in 1902 and is a two story, square brick building on a raised stone foundation. It features a round arched entrance portal of cast stone and a triangular pediment highlighted by an oculus and wag ornamentation. It ceased use as a school in 1968.
For several years, it housed the Walter Elwood Museum, with exhibits about local history and culture. The museum has since moved to the nearby Guy Park mansion
, also a historic site.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1995.
School
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building located at Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York
Montgomery County, New York
As of the census of 2000, there were 49,708 people, 20,038 households, and 13,104 families residing in the county. The population density was 123 people per square mile . There were 22,522 housing units at an average density of 56 per square mile...
. It was built in 1902 and is a two story, square brick building on a raised stone foundation. It features a round arched entrance portal of cast stone and a triangular pediment highlighted by an oculus and wag ornamentation. It ceased use as a school in 1968.
For several years, it housed the Walter Elwood Museum, with exhibits about local history and culture. The museum has since moved to the nearby Guy Park mansion
Guy Park
Guy Park, also known as Guy Park State Historic Site, is a house built in 1774 in the Georgian architectural style for Guy Johnson, nephew and son-in-law to Sir William Johnson, the British Superintendent for Indian Affairs in colonial New York...
, also a historic site.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1995.