Clermont Academy

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Clermont Academy

| nrhp_type = cp

| nocat = yes

| image = Clermont Academy, Clermont, NY.jpg

| alt = 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

| caption = East elevation, 2012

| location = US 9, Clermont, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|42|5|12|N|73|49|34|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| built = 1834

| architect = Stoats, Philip S.

| architecture = Federal

| added = October 7, 1983

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000544|title=Clermont MRA}}

| refnum = 83003931{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1362|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Clermont Academy|date=February 1979|accessdate=2010-07-03|author=Jessica Kemm|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013163327/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1362|archive-date=2012-10-13|url-status=dead}} See also: {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1361|title=Accompanying five photos|access-date=2010-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013163411/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1361|archive-date=2012-10-13|url-status=dead}}

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

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