Lake Clear School Address: New York Route 30, Lake Clear
Address: 6459 New York Route 30, Lake Clear
Old Address:
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Year built: c. 1954-55
Architect: Distin and Wareham
Other information: Common School District No. 3, Town of Harrietstown, was incorporated into the Saranac Lake Central School District at the time of centralization. At that time, the small district had recently relocated to the current site and built a new, Modernist building designed by the architectural firm of Distin and Wareham. That building was closed around 2009 and rented to the Adirondack Medical Center for offices, which they used until 2015. Use of the playground was retained by the district. The building has been vacant since the Medical Center left. The School Board is pondering how to dispose of it. (See "District officials ponder fate of Lake Clear School.," Adirondack Daily Enterprise, April 13, 2018.)
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, May 7, 1954
LAKE CLEAR JCT PLANS SCHOOL
Plans for a new school building, to have three classrooms and an auditorium, were approved by 87 members of Common School District No. 3, Town of Harrietstown, at their annual meeting held in the present school building, Lake Clear Junction.
Voters selected the proposed school from one of three schemes submitted by William G. Distin, Distin and Wareham, Saranac Lake. It was also decided that a suitable site should be purchased on which to erect the new building. The present school house has two classrooms. A heavy pupil registration has forced the district to place some of its students in the Lake Colby School.
During the four-hour meeting a budget of $18,000 was passed to cover the expenses for the coming year. Voters decided to have a board of three trustees instead of a single school trustee and elected James Cervo for a term of three years; Donald Bousquet, two years; Charles Fisher, one year; Mrs. Jenne Fisher, collector, and Mrs. Edith Bedell, clerk.
There will be a special school meeting, called in the near future to vote on bonding the District.
