Knox District School No. 5
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Knox District School No. 5 is a historic one-room school
building located at Thompson's Lake State Park
, Knox
in Albany County, New York
. It was built in 1898 and is a one story, rectangular frame building (20 feet by 24 feet) on a dry laid stone foundation. School use ceased in 1940. It has been vacant since 1999.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2005.
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 at Thompson's Lake State Park
Thompson's Lake State Park
Thompson's Lake State Park is a state park located near East Berne, New York, in Albany County.The park offers a beach, a playground and playing fields, picnic tables, recreation programs, a nature trail, fishing and ice fishing, a boat launch, a dump station, campground for tents and trailers,...
, Knox
Knox, New York
Knox is a town in Albany County, New York, United States. The population was 2,692 at the 2010 census.The Town is in the northwest part of Albany County and is west of Albany, the state capital.- History :...
in Albany County, New York
Albany County, New York
Albany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is from the title of the Duke of York and Albany, who became James II of England . As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204...
. It was built in 1898 and is a one story, rectangular frame building (20 feet by 24 feet) on a dry laid stone foundation. School use ceased in 1940. It has been vacant since 1999.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2005.