Barnegat Light Public School | |
Location: | 501 Central Avenue, Barnegat Light, New Jersey |
Coordinates: | 39.76°N -74.1053°W |
Added: | June 7, 1976 |
Refnum: | 76001178 |
Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
Designated Other1 Date: | December 8, 1975 |
Designated Other1 Number: | 2270[1] |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
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The Barnegat Light Public School was the one-room schoolhouse for the borough of Barnegat Light in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, from 1903 until June 15, 1951. It became the Barnegat Light Historical Society Museum in 1954.[2] The schoolhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 7, 1976, for its significance in education.[3]
The one-room schoolhouse was completed in 1904. It was used as a schoolhouse until 1951, replaced by the Long Beach Island Consolidated School.[3] The building was dedicated as the Barnegat Light Museum in 1954.[4] Among other things, the museum houses the first degree Fresnel lens from Barnegat Lighthouse.[5]