Dayton's_Corners_School

Dayton's Corners School

Dayton's Corners School

United States historic place

Dayton's Corners School is a one-room school building in the town of Penfield, New York. Erected in 1857, it sits at the corner of Plank Road and Creek Street and was part of Penfield District #9. It is the only one-room school house in the area that is still standing and has not been converted to some other use.[2]

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The building was part of the Webster Central School District between 1948 and 1991,[3] although it was only used as a schoolhouse until the early 1960s.[4] The building has been maintained by Penfield's recreation department since 1976; it was purchased by the town in 1991.[3] The original school grounds are adjacent to the school building. The school and its grounds are used by fourth-grade teachers in the Penfield Central School District and other local school districts as part of the state-mandated local history curriculum.[2]

The red brick building was designated a Penfield Landmark in 1983[3] and added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 2001.

A coloring book called "A Day at Dayton's Corners" was created in 2010 as part of the town of Penfield's bicentennial celebrations.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Daytons Corners School". Penfield.org. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  3. [3]
    Cavalier, Amy (September 6, 2007). "Pomp and circumstance for a school that has outlived many". Messenger-Post. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  4. [4]
    Champagne, Denise M. (February 26, 2010). "Coloring book features Dayton's Corners School". Penfield Post. Messenger-Post Newspapers.


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