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United States historic place
District School Number Five
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location9436 Dry Run Rd., Campbell, New York
Coordinates42°13′24″N 77°7′58″W / 42.22333°N 77.13278°W / 42.22333; -77.13278
Arealess than one acre
Built1839
NRHP reference No.01000242
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 2001

District School Number Five, also known as "The Little Red Schoolhouse," is a historic one room school building located at Campbell in Steuben County, New York. It was built during the spring and summer of 1839 with a hand hewn timber frame of mortise and tenon construction. The schoolhouse is part of the Watson Homestead Conference and Retreat Center, deeded to the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Church by IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Watson attended the school as a child. Also on the property is a small frame structure that served as privy and woodshed.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. William E. Krattinger (November 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: District School Number Five". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying three photos".
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in New York
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