North Star School District No. 11 Explained

North Star School District No. 11
Location:864 Walker Lake Ontario Rd., Hamlin, New York
Coordinates:43.3189°N -77.86°W
Built:, 1880, 1912, 1952
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:September 10, 2014
Area:Less than
Refnum:14000579[1]

North Star School District No. 11, also known as the North Star History Center, is a historic one-room school building located at Hamlin, Monroe County, New York. It was built in 1844, and is a one-story, Greek Revival style brick building. It rests on a Medina sandstone foundation and has a front gable roof with a prominent cornice and topped by a bell tower. It has a front porch added in 1912 and rear frame additions added about 1952. Also on the property are two contributing wooden privies and a coal house (c. 1880). The school closed in 1952, and subsequently used as a community center and local history museum since 1987.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2014-09-19. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/08/14 through 9/12/14 . National Park Service.
  2. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Searchable database. 2015-11-01. https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/. 2015-07-01. dead. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: North Star School District No. 11. 2015-11-01. Erin Anheier and Virginia L. Bartos. PDF. June 2014. and Accompanying photographs