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Pearl Street Schoolhouse
Pearl Street Schoolhouse Thomas and Johannes are within a mile (1.6 km) of each
other. Eventually, the whole area they lived in became
U.S. National Register of Historic Places known as Pearl Street.[1]
The building, now a private home, was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is a single-
story three-by-three-bay frame structure on a stone
foundation, now parged with concrete. A gabled roof is
pierced by a brick chimney. To the west a modern shed-
roofed wing on block piers projects.[1]
Inside, the single room has been divided into two
large spaces. Much of the original woodwork, including
the wainscoting, remains. Other signs of the building’s
Front (north) elevation and east profile, 2007 use as a school are evident, particularly the coat pegs
near the south door, a black spot on the floor where the
Location: Shawangunk, NY
potbelly stove was and a hole in the wall for its exhaust
Coordinates: 41°39′22″N 74°16′36″W / 41.65611°N pipe.[1]
74.27667°W / 41.65611; The first record of the building is an 1858 atlas de-
-74.27667Coordinates: 41°39′22″N
74°16′36″W / 41.65611°N 74.27667°W /
scribing the building as a store with the school across
41.65611; -74.27667 the street; however this is believed to be in error because
of the building’s architecture. In 1875 another atlas de-
Area: 1.5 acres (6,100 m2)[1]
scribes it as Public School No. 11. It remained in use as a
Built: ca. 1850[1] school until 1942-43, after which it was sold for use as a
private residence. In 1956 the rear wing was added, and
Governing body: Private residence
it was expanded nine years later, adding two more rooms
MPS:
MPS: Shawangunk Valley MRA to the house.[1]
NRHP Reference#: 83001820
Added to NRHP:
NRHP: 1983
References
[1] ^ Barry, Elise (May 1, 1983). "National Register of
Schoolhouse,
The Pearl Street Schoolhouse also known as District 11 Historic Places nomination, Pearl Street
Schoolhouse,
Schoolhouse is located south of the junction of Awosting Schoolhouse". New York State Office of Parks,
and Decker roads in the Town of Shawangunk, New York, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
United States. It was built around 1850. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/
The schoolhouse name is derived from the tendency hp_view.asp?GroupView=9510. Retrieved March
of the Jansen family to speak often of Pearl Street in what 15, 2009.
is today Lower Manhattan. The homes of early settlers
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Categories: Houses in Ulster County, New York, Former school buildings, Schoolhouses in the United States, National
Register of Historic Places in Ulster County, New York, 1850 architecture, Shawangunk, New York, Defunct schools in
New York
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