Broad Street School | |
Location | 100 Broad Street, Norwich, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°32′5″N72°4′35″W / 41.53472°N 72.07639°W |
Area | 0.8 acres (0.32 ha) |
Built | 1897 |
Architect | Potter, Wilson |
Architectural style | Romanesque |
Part of | Chelsea Parade Historic District (ID88003215) |
NRHP reference No. | 84001162 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 19, 1984 |
Designated CP | May 12, 1989 |
The Broad Street School is a historic former school building at 100 Broad Street in Norwich, Connecticut. The school was designed by New York City architect Wilson Potter and built in 1897. It is a well-executed and well-preserved example of Romanesque styling, and was the largest school built as part of a major construction program by the city. [2] The schoolhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 1984. [1] It has been converted to residential use.
The Broad Street School building is located in a residential area north of downtown Norwich, on a lot bounded on the north by Rockwell Street and the south by Broad Street. It is a two-story masonry structure, with a granite foundation, yellow brick exterior with trim elements of brown brick and granite, and slate hip roof. It is T-shaped in layout, with a central block flanked by slightly projecting wings, and a projecting section at the rear. The central block facade is fronted by a project porch with an arcade of round-arch openings topped by a low balustrade. The arches are finished in brown brick, with a brick string course separating the arches from the porch eave. The exterior brick was made in New Galilee, Pennsylvania. by the Beaver Clay Manufacturing Company. [2]
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