Brandywine Avenue School Explained

Brandywine Avenue School
Location:108 Brandywine Ave., Schenectady, New York
Coordinates:42.8022°N -73.9247°W
Built:1904
Architect:Wooley, W Thomas; Hanrahan Bros.
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:December 9, 1999
Refnum:99001491

Brandywine Avenue School was a historic school located at Schenectady in Schenectady County, New York. It was built in 1904 and was a -story, red brick U-shaped institutional building in the Classical Revival style. It sat on a basement of rock-faced limestone and had a hipped roof. It operated as a teacher training facility from 1910 to 1925 and ceased being used as a school in 1974. From 1975 to 1996, it housed Schenectady City School District administrative offices and records storage.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

It was destroyed by a fire in November 2007.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brandywine Avenue School. September 1999. 2010-12-24 . Raymond W. Smith. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying two photos.
  2. Web site: After fire, 103-year-old ex-school razed. https://archive.today/20130221204834/http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6429352. dead. February 21, 2013. November 17, 2007. 2012-09-02. Cathy Woodruff. Albany Times Union.