Verdoy Schoolhouse
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Verdoy Schoolhouse, also known as District No. 7 Schoolhouse, is a historic one-room school
building located at Colonie in Albany County, New York
. It was built in 1910 and is an asymmetrical frame building. It features a slate
covered hipped roof crowned by a small belfry
and a massive chimney at the center of the roof. Until 1996 when moved to the grounds of the Casparus F. Pruyn House
, the school was located on Troy-Schenectady Rd. and was previously listed in 1985 as the Verdoy School.
It was listed originally on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1985 and relisted in 1997.
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 Colonie 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 1910 and is an asymmetrical frame building. It features a slate
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
covered hipped roof crowned by a small belfry
Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
and a massive chimney at the center of the roof. Until 1996 when moved to the grounds of the Casparus F. Pruyn House
Casparus F. Pruyn House
Casparus F. Pruyn House is a historic home located at Colonie in Albany County, New York. It is a two story, rectangular five bay wide, center entrance dwelling in a late Federal / early Greek Revival style. It was built between 1824 and 1836...
, the school was located on Troy-Schenectady Rd. and was previously listed in 1985 as the Verdoy School.
It was listed originally 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 1985 and relisted in 1997.