Ticonderoga High School is a historic

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

building located at Ticonderoga in

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. It was built in 1928-1930 and is a three-story, masonry neo-Georgian style building with a

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roof, concrete foundation, and brick walls. It features a semi-circular

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 ...

with

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columns and a

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and a copper polygonal

cupola In architecture, a cupola () is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome. The word derives, via Italian, from ...

. It was listed on the

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in 1988. , the building is still in use as the sole public high school operated by the Ticonderoga Central School District.

Footnotes

{{authority control School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state) School buildings completed in 1930 Buildings and structures in Essex County, New York Schools in Essex County, New York Public high schools in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, New York 1930 establishments in New York (state) Educational institutions established in 1930