Grove Street Elementary School

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Grove Street Elementary School
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Grove Street Elementary School
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Location Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°59′55″N71°30′32″W / 41.9985°N 71.5088°W / 41.9985; -71.5088 Coordinates: 41°59′55″N71°30′32″W / 41.9985°N 71.5088°W / 41.9985; -71.5088
Built1876
Built byWilliam Weicker
Architect Edward L. Angell
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake
MPS Woonsocket MRA
NRHP reference No. 82000138 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1982

The Grove Street Elementary School is a historic school in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The two-story brick Stick/Eastlake style school was designed by Edward L. Angell of Providence and built in 1876. In c. 1885 it was enlarged by adding a matching addition to its rear, joined by a small hyphen. This addition is more Queen Anne in its styling. [2]

The building, a well-preserved example of modern schools of the 1870s, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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. "MRA nomination for Woonsocket (PDF pages 81-83)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-05.