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The Huguenot Schoolhouse, also known as District Schoolhouse No. 3, the 1863 Schoolhouse and the Town of Deerpark Museum, is located on South Grange Road a short distance from
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of the Town of Deerpark in
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, United States. It was built in 1863, and is a large, one-story,
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style masonry building. It closed as a school in 1961, and currently serves as a local historic museum. ''Note:'' This includes an
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in 1997, the only property in the town of Deerpark so recognized besides the remnants of the
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1863 Schoolhouse
- official site {{National Register of Historic Places in New York One-room schoolhouses in New York (state) Museums in Orange County, New York History museums in New York (state) Schools in Orange County, New York School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, New York School buildings completed in 1863 Education museums in the United States Defunct schools in New York (state)