Adelaide Avenue School

Adelaide Avenue School is a historic school building located at Canandaigua in Ontario County, New York. It was built about 1890 and is a one-story, polychrome brick structure on a raised basement. It features a variety of picturesque late 19th century decorative features in the Queen Anne style, such as a multi-gabled roof surmounted by a louvred cupola. It is a typical example of a late 19th-century ward school, along with the Saltonstall Street School.[2]

Adelaide Avenue School
Adelaide Avenue School, January 2008
Location108-116 Adelaide Ave., Canandaigua, New York
Coordinates42°53′1″N 77°17′10″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1890
ArchitectFoote, Orlando K.
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPSCanandaigua MRA
NRHP reference No.84002822[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1984

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

  • Louvred cupola
  • Roof gable

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Ontario County Historical Society (September 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Adelaide Avenue School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14.


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