Dryden District School No. 5 Explained

Dryden District School No. 5
Location:1756 Hanshaw Rd., Dryden, New York
Coordinates:42.4739°N -76.4314°W
Built:1827
Architecture:Octagon Style
Added:November 04, 1994
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:94001282

Dryden District School No. 5, also known as Eight Square Schoolhouse, is a historic octagonal school building located in Dryden in Tompkins County, New York. It was built in 1827 and is a simple one-room, one-story, brick octagon style building constructed with a low pitch hipped roof banded by a plain narrow frieze. A circular brick chimney rises from the center of the standing seam metal roof. Also on the property are two free standing, wood frame, gable roofed outhouses. It was used as a school until 1941 and is now a facility of the Dewitt Historical Society.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dryden District School No. 5. August 1994. 2009-11-10 . Claire L. Ross. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying 10 photos.