Common School No. 10 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 Accord

Accord, New York

Accord is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 622 at the 2000 census.Accord is located in the eastern part of the Town of Rochester along US 209...

 in Ulster County, New York

Ulster County, New York

Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York, USA. It sits in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 182,493. Recent population estimates completed by the United States Census Bureau for the 12-month period ending July 1 are at...

. It is a 1-story, two-by-three-bay, frame building on a fieldstone foundation built about 1870. It is topped by a gable roof with an open belfry. It operated as a school until 1955. Also on the property is a privy

Outhouse

An outhouse is a small structure separate from a main building which often contained a simple toilet and may possibly also be used for housing animals and storage.- Terminology :...

, shed, and well with hand pump.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1988.

Now known as Palentown School House Museum, the school is open twice a year and by appointment.

External links

• Palentown School House Museum information - Accord-Kerhonkson On-Line