Middlefield District No. 1 School
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Middlefield District No. 1 School is a historic school
building located at Cooperstown
in Otsego County, New York
. It was built in 1875, and is a two story clapboard
, frame building set on a fieldstone
foundation with a rear frame ell. The main facade is five bay wide and features a projecting two story entrance bay surmounted by a cupola
containing the original school bell. The school closed in 1954 and, since 1966, the building has been used by the Town of Middlefield Historical Association.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1987.
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
building located at Cooperstown
Cooperstown, New York
Cooperstown is a village in Otsego County, New York, USA. It is located in the Town of Otsego. The population was estimated to be 1,852 at the 2010 census.The Village of Cooperstown is the county seat of Otsego County, New York...
in Otsego County, New York
Otsego County, New York
Otsego County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. The 2010 population was 62,259. The county seat is Cooperstown. The name Otsego is from a Mohawk word meaning "place of the rock."-History:...
. It was built in 1875, and is a two story clapboard
Clapboard (architecture)
Clapboard, also known as bevel siding or lap siding or weather-board , is a board used typically for exterior horizontal siding that has one edge thicker than the other and where the board above laps over the one below...
, frame building set on a fieldstone
Fieldstone
Fieldstone is a building construction material. Strictly speaking, it is stone collected from the surface of fields where it occurs naturally...
foundation with a rear frame ell. The main facade is five bay wide and features a projecting two story entrance bay surmounted by a cupola
Cupola
In architecture, a cupola is a small, most-often dome-like, structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome....
containing the original school bell. The school closed in 1954 and, since 1966, the building has been used by the Town of Middlefield Historical Association.
It was listed on 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 1987.