It was the only structure left standing in the large area condemned by New York City when nearby Pepacton Reservoir was built.

The East Branch of the Delaware River, the waterway impounded to create the reservoir, is a short distance to the northwest.

A single paneled door is centrally located in the south (front) facade; there are three windows on either side and two on the rear.

[2] Inside a small vestibule opens into the main schoolroom, with wooden floors, walls in horizontal wood siding to four feet (1.3 m) and pressed tin above joining a similar ceiling.

The townspeople built a school of fieldstone, an unusual material for a schoolhouse in upstate New York but probably understandable in Dunraven due to its local abundance.

[2] After World War II, when New York City began the process of acquiring and condemning land for Pepacton Reservoir, it first attempted to overturn the deed restriction in order to demolish the school.