Le Roy House and Union Free School
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Le Roy House and Union Free School
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South elevation and east profile of house, 2010
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| Location | Le Roy, NY |
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| Nearest city | Batavia |
| Coordinates | 42°58′42″N 77°59′08″W / 42.9784°N 77.9855°WCoordinates: 42°58′42″N 77°59′08″W / 42.9784°N 77.9855°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1823, 1898 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Late Victorian |
| NRHP Reference # | 97001388 |
| Added to NRHP | November 7, 1997 |
The Le Roy House and Union Free School are located on East Main Street (New York State Route 5) in Le Roy, New York, United States. The house is a stucco-faced stone building in the Greek Revival architectural style. It was originally a land office, expanded in two stages during the 19th century by its builder, Jacob Le Roy, an early settler for whom the village is named. In the rear of the property is the village's first schoolhouse, a stone building from the end of the 19th century.
Le Roy expanded the small land office into a large house, with finely decorated interior. After its completion, he hosted the reception following Daniel Webster's second marriage, to one of Le Roy's sisters. Later it served as a residence for educational administrators of both Ingham University and the local public schools. During the late 19th century it was subdivided into a boardinghouse for faculty and students at Ingham and the Le Roy Academic Institute, an early secular private school. Upon the establishment of the Le Roy Historical Society in 1941 it became the local historical museum.
The school was originally an addition built on a frame building, first for the Le Roy Academic Institute and then the local public school district, which it served as a high school. Its educational use ended in the early 20th century. For several decades afterward it was used as a factory for the manufacture of patent medicines. Since the 1940s it has been a property of the historical society.
The Le Roy House is today owned by the Le Roy Historical Society and operated as historic house museum, with 19th century period rooms, a room with Morganville Pottery items, and exhibits of local history.
The school has also been converted into the Jell-O Gallery, devoted to the history and marketing of Jell-O, which was invented and first manufactured in Le Roy.
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