Vrooman Avenue School


Vrooman Avenue School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Vrooman Ave., Amsterdam, New York
Coordinates	42°56′8″N 74°10′30″W / 42.93556°N 74.17500°W / 42.93556; -74.17500Coordinates: 42°56′8″N 74°10′30″W / 42.93556°N 74.17500°W / 42.93556; -74.17500
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1918
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP Reference #	83001712^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 30, 1983

Vrooman Avenue School is a historic school building located at Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1918 and is a two story, "H" shaped, yellow brick institutional building. It features a slight projecting central pavilion at the main entrance and an elaborate stone carving depicting a child's head and a swag draped around an open book. A gymnasium was added to the main structure in 1925. The school closed in June 1975.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Lucy A. Breyer (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Vrooman Avenue School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-09-11. See also: "Accompanying four photos".

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