Mycenae Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school

One-room school

One-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In most rural and small town schools, all of the students met in a single room...

 building located in the hamlet of Mycenae

Mycenae, New York

Mycenae is a hamlet in the Town of Manlius, within Onondaga County, USA. It lies at the meeting point of New York Route 5 and Route 290. Mycenae is located at 43°02'56" North, 75°55'50" West...

 in the town of Manlius

Manlius (town), New York

Manlius is a town in Onondaga County, east of the city of Syracuse, New York, United States. The population was 32,370 at the 2010 census, making it the third largest suburb in metropolitan Syracuse...

 in Onondaga County, New York

Onondaga County, New York

Onondaga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 467,026. The county seat is Syracuse.Onondaga County is part of the Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area....

. It is a one story building built of locally quarried limestone with a low pitched gabled roof in the Greek Revival

Greek Revival architecture

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...

 style. The roof features a small belfry

Bell tower

A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...

. It was built in 1850 and ceased being used as a school in 1936.

It is prominently located on NY 5.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1983. In recent years it has been used as an antiques shop. In late 2009, the building is vacant and available for sale or for rent.