Middlefield District No. 1 School is a historic

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building located at

Cooperstown Cooperstown is a village in and county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefield. Located at the foot of Otsego Lake in the C ...

Otsego County, New York Otsego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,524. The county seat is Cooperstown. The name ''Otsego'' is from a Mohawk or Oneida word meaning "place of the rock." History In 178 ...

. It was built in 1875, and is a two-story clapboard, frame building set on a

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foundation with a rear frame ell. The main facade is five bays wide and features a projecting two-story entrance bay surmounted by a

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containing the original school bell. The school closed in 1954 and, since 1966, the building has been used by the Town of Middlefield Historical Association. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1987.

References

External links

Town of Middlefield Historical Association website
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Federal architecture in New York (state) School buildings completed in 1875 History museums in New York (state) Historical society museums in New York (state) Education museums in the United States Museums in Otsego County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Otsego County, New York {{NewYork-school-stub