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Guy Park Avenue School

Coordinates: 42°56′59″N 74°12′31″W / 42.94972°N 74.20861°W / 42.94972; -74.20861
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Guy Park Avenue School
(2020)
Guy Park Avenue School is located in New York
Guy Park Avenue School
Guy Park Avenue School is located in the United States
Guy Park Avenue School
Location300 Guy Park Ave., Amsterdam, New York
Coordinates42°56′59″N 74°12′31″W / 42.94972°N 74.20861°W / 42.94972; -74.20861
Built1902
ArchitectBernard Machold
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.95000669[1]
Added to NRHPJune 2, 1995

The Guy Park Avenue School is a historic school building located at 300 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1902 and is a two-story, square brick building on a raised stone foundation. It features a round arched entrance portal of cast stone and a triangular pediment highlighted by an oculus and wag ornamentation. It ceased use as a school in 1968.

From 1968 to 2001 it housed the Walter Elwood Museum, with exhibits about local history and culture.[2][3] The museum later moved to the nearby Guy Park mansion, also a historic site. The old school is now an apartment building.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Raymond W. Smith (March 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Guy Park Avenue School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-08-27. See also: "Accompanying three photos".
  3. ^ "About". Walter Elwood Museum. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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