Central School was a historic

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building located at Ticonderoga in

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. It was built in 1906 and was a -story, eleven-bay-wide by seven-bay-deep brick building with

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style features. The features included

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ed gables, round arched entrances, and a steeply pitched multi-gabled roof. A rear -story addition had a slate hipped roof. It was built on the site of the Academy, Ticonderoga's first high school. It was used as a school until 1967; from 1967 to 1984 it was used as a civic center for community activities. It was listed on the

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in 1988, and was demolished in 2001.

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