5805 Main St., Mexico, New York. County/parish: Oswego.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 14, 1991. NRIS 91001633.
Part of Mexico MPS (NRIS 64500455).
1 contributing building.
Mexico High School is a historic school building located in Mexico, Oswego County, New York. It is part of the Mexico Central School District. It was built in 1938 after a previous 1927 building was damaged by fire in 1937. It is a two-story, Georgian Revival style brick building in a U-shaped plan. It features a distinctive tower that contains an 1828 bell from an earlier building. The entry is distinguished by a two-story, five-bay portico supported by six Ionic columns and crowned by a Chippendale patterned balustrade.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Mexico Academy and Central School in 1991.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314271