Guy Park Avenue School


Guy Park Avenue School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	300 Guy Park Ave., Amsterdam, New York
Coordinates	42°56′59″N 74°12′31″W / 42.94972°N 74.20861°W / 42.94972; -74.20861Coordinates: 42°56′59″N 74°12′31″W / 42.94972°N 74.20861°W / 42.94972; -74.20861
Area	less than one acre
Built	1902
Architect	Machold, Bernard
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	95000669^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 2, 1995

Guy Park Avenue School is a historic school building located at 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.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ 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".
↑ "About". Walter Elwood Museum. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

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