Clermont Academy

Clermont Academy

A two-story five-bay clapboard-sided building in white with green trim, topped by a gabled roof with two small brick end chimneys and a tall cupola in the center

East elevation, 2012
Location US 9, Clermont, New York
Coordinates 42°5′12″N 73°49′34″W / 42.08667°N 73.82611°W / 42.08667; -73.82611Coordinates: 42°5′12″N 73°49′34″W / 42.08667°N 73.82611°W / 42.08667; -73.82611
Area less than one acre
Built 1834
Architect Stoats, Philip S.
Architectural style Federal
MPS Clermont MRA
NRHP Reference # 83003931[1]
Added to NRHP October 7, 1983

Clermont Academy is a historic school building located at Clermont in Columbia County, New York. It was built in 1834 and is a two story, five bay frame building in the Federal style. It features a gable roof with centrally located octagonal cupola. It originally functioned as a private secondary school, but became a public school and community center in 1855.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is located within the Clermont Civic Historic District, established in 2003.

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