America Street School Explained

America Street School
Location:22 America St., Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates:41.8231°N -71.4283°W
Demolished:1996
Architect:Frederick E. Field
Added:June 18, 1987
Refnum:87000996

The America Street School was an historic school at 22 America Street in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was a two-story brick structure, built in 1905 to a design by Frederick E. Field. It housed ten classrooms (five on each floor), and was one of four similarly sized schools built by the city between 1887 and 1916. The building served the city as a school until 1955, and was used for a time thereafter as a meeting place for a local branch of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It was listed as one of the "Ten Most Endangered Properties" by the Providence Preservation Society in 1995, and was demolished in 1996.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for America Street School. Rhode Island Preservation. 2014-10-07.
  2. Web site: 1995 Ten Most Endangered Properties . Providence Preservation Society . 30 May 2014 . The America Street School was lost in 1996 ... the building was seen as outdated and in a state of ill repair, which ultimately led to its demolition. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140625212255/http://ppsri.org/ten-most-endangered-properties/1995-mep-list . 25 June 2014 .