Bridgeton School

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Bridgeton School
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Location Burrillville, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°57′54″N71°42′45″W / 41.9649°N 71.71258°W / 41.9649; -71.71258 Coordinates: 41°57′54″N71°42′45″W / 41.9649°N 71.71258°W / 41.9649; -71.71258
Built1897
Architect George W. Spaulding; Nehemiah Kimball; William H. Gory
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No. 06001191 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 2006

The Bridgeton School is an historic school building located at 16 Laurel Hill Avenue in Burrillville, Rhode Island.

The 1+12-story wood-frame schoolhouse was designed by George W. Spaulding and built in 1897 by Nehemiah Kimball & William H. Gory. It served the Burrillville public schools until 1966. In 1970 it was reopened for use as a kindergarten as the Joseph Sweeney School. It was finally closed in 1995, and was then transferred to the Burrillville Historical & Preservation Society. It is the best preserved of Burrillville's late 19th-century school buildings. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Bridgeton School" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-07-12.