Alb-9, Loveland School, Gains Basin Rd. West of Albion

    Documentation

    Building date: 1847 demolished circa 1942.

    Original use: Schoolhouse

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    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Exact location and address are unknown.

    Town of Albion and Orleans County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    "Architecture Destroyed in Orleans County", "Chapter III Cobblestone Buildings", by C. W, Lattin, Orleans County Historian, Page 11, Published by the Cobblestone Society, November 1984.

    "Bethinking of Old Orleans, Architecture Destroyed", "Loveland School House 1847 - c. 1942, by C. W. Lattin, Orleans County Historian, The Journal-Register, Medina, NY, 4/17/1986.

    "Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 6, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.

    "Bethinking of Old Orleans, "Loveland School", Vol. XXVI No. 36, by Cary H Lattin, former Orleans County Historian, The Medina New York Register Journal, Medina New York, 9/2/2004.

    Photographs

    1860 Niagara Orleans Counties Alb-9 Excerpt Map
    1860 Niagara Orleans Counties Alb-9 Excerpt Map.jpg ¹       Loveland School is situated on the Gains Basin Rd. 1 ½ miles west of Albion and ¼ mile north of Loveland Corners, south side of the railroad.
    Alb-9 Loveland School 2
    Alb-9 Loveland School 2.jpg ² Students sit in the Loveland School in the Town of Albion about 1900.
    Alb-9 Loveland School 1
    Alb-9 Loveland School 1.jpg ² Summer 1877.       Experience the 3D effect from these original stereoscope photographs. You may have to increase your viewing distance to be comfortable when you cross your eyes and concentrate on merging the two images into the center of your field of vision to see a floating stereo image. Click on the file name to view a larger image on a new page.

    ¹ 1860 Niagara Orleans County Alb-9 excerpt Map courtesy Library of Congress.
    ² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.

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