It was built in 1904 and was a 3+1⁄2-story, red brick U-shaped institutional building in the Classical Revival style.

It sat on a basement of rock-faced limestone and had a hipped roof.

It operated as a teacher training facility from 1910 to 1925 and ceased being used as a school in 1974.

From 1975 to 1996, it housed Schenectady City School District administrative offices and records storage.

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