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Vrooman Avenue School

1918 establishments in New York (state)Central New York Registered Historic Place stubsNational Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, New YorkSchool buildings completed in 1918School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
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Vrooman Avenue School, Amsterdam from front
Vrooman Avenue School, Amsterdam from front

The Vrooman Avenue School is a historic school building located at 400 Vrooman Avenue in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1918 and is a two-story, H-shaped, yellow brick institutional building. It features a slight projecting central pavilion at the main entrance and an elaborate stone carving depicting a child's head and a swag draped around an open book. A gymnasium was added to the main structure in 1925. The school closed in June 1975, and is now an apartment building. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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Vrooman Avenue School
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Teller Street 23
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Vrooman Avenue School, Amsterdam from front
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