Mexico High School is a historic

school A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compuls ...

building located in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Oswego County, New York Oswego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 117,525. The county seat is Oswego. The county name is from a Mohawk-language word meaning "the pouring out place", referring to the point at ...

. It is part of the

Mexico Central School District Mexico Academy & Central School District is a school district in Mexico, New York, United States. The district operates five schools: Mexico High School, Mexico Middle School, Mexico Elementary, New Haven Elementary and Palermo Elementary. D ...

. It was built in 1938 after a previous 1927 building was damaged by fire in 1937. It is a two-story,

Georgian Revival Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I, George II, Georg ...

style brick building in a U-shaped plan. It features a distinctive tower that contains an 1828 bell from an earlier building. The entry is distinguished by a two-story, five-bay

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

supported by six Ionic columns and crowned by a Chippendale patterned

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. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

as the Mexico Academy and Central School in 1991.

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External links

Mexico High SchoolMexico Academy and Central School - Mexico, New York - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
Education in Oswego County, New York Schools in Oswego County, New York School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Georgian Revival architecture in New York (state) School buildings completed in 1938 National Register of Historic Places in Oswego County, New York {{OswegoCountyNY-NRHP-stub