West Schoolhouse (Wilmington, Massachusetts)

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West Schoolhouse
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Location141 Shawsheen Avenue,
Wilmington, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°33′22″N71°11′25″W / 42.55611°N 71.19028°W / 42.55611; -71.19028
Built1875
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No. 90000144 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 21, 1990

The West Schoolhouse is a historic school building in Wilmington, Massachusetts. It is the best-preserved of Wilmington's remaining one-room schoolhouses. This single-story wood-frame building was probably (based on stylistic analysis) built in the 1860s or 1870s, although its resemblance in form to the c. 1840s Old Centre Schoolhouse suggests a possible earlier construction date and subsequent remodeling. It has simple Greek Revival styling with rope molding on the corner boards, and transom windows over the pair of entry doors. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for West Schoolhouse". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-24.