Garfield School (Brunswick, New York)

Garfield School
View from the south, 2009
Garfield School (Brunswick, New York) is located in New York
Garfield School (Brunswick, New York)
Location within the state of New York
LocationEagle Mills, Brunswick, New York
Nearest cityTroy
Coordinates42°43′49.43″N 73°35′51.82″W / 42.7303972°N 73.5977278°W / 42.7303972; -73.5977278
Area0.87 acres (0.35 ha)[2]
Built1881
Built byJoachim Filieau[2]
ArchitectNicholas Pawley[2]
NRHP reference No.88000717[1]
Added to NRHPJune 9, 1988

The District #2 Schoolhouse, known locally as the Garfield School and also known as Brunswick District No. 2 School, located in Brunswick, New York, United States, is a two-room schoolhouse built and opened in 1881. It hosted local students until the consolidation of Brunswick (Brittonkill) Central School District in the mid-1950s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1988, becoming the first building in the Town of Brunswick to be added to the Register. It is the current home of the Brunswick Historical Society.

The building, located on the corner of Moonlawn Road and New York Route 2 (Brunswick Road), was owned by Brunswick Central School District until it was transferred to the Town of Brunswick in 1986. It was named for President James A. Garfield, who taught penmanship at a nearby school in Poestenkill.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Waite, Diana S. (1988-04-29). "National Register of Historic Places Registration nomination, Garfield School (Javascript)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-12-10. Retrieved 2009-06-25. and Accompanying 13 photos, exterior and interior, from 1987 Archived 2012-06-04 at the Wayback Machine