Rippleton Schoolhouse is a historic

one-room school One-room schools, or schoolhouses, were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain. In most rural and s ...

building located at Cazenovia in

Madison County, New York Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,016. Its county seat is Wampsville. The county is named after James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, and was fir ...

. It was built in 1814 and remodelled in 1884. It consists of two gabled units and is built of a heavy timber mortise and tenon framework. It was moved to its present site on the grounds of the

Lorenzo State Historic Site Lorenzo State Historic Site is a mansion built by Colonel John Lincklaen, founder of the village of Cazenovia, New York. an''Accompanying 1 photo, exterior, from July, 1970''/ref> Colonel Linklaen was the agent of the Holland Land Company upon w ...

in 1997. ''Note:'' This includes an
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/ref> It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The Friends of Lorenzo have restored the schoolhouse to an 1880s appearance. The museum is open for school tours by appointment.

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Rippleton Schoolhouse museum information
- Friends of Lorenzo School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) School buildings completed in 1814 Museums in Madison County, New York One-room schoolhouses in New York (state) Schoolhouses in the United States Education museums in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Cazenovia, New York {{NewYork-museum-stub