Bridgeton School Explained

Bridgeton School
Location:Burrillville, Rhode Island
Built:1897
Architect:George W. Spaulding
Nehemiah Kimball; William H. Gory
Architecture:Late Victorian
Added:December 27, 2006
Refnum:06001191

The Bridgeton School is an historic school building located at 16 Laurel Hill Avenue in Burrillville, Rhode Island.

The -story wood-frame schoolhouse was designed by George W. Spaulding and built in 1897 by Nehemiah Kimball & William H. Gory. It served the Burrillville public schools until 1966. In 1970 it was reopened for use as a kindergarten as the Joseph Sweeney School. It was finally closed in 1995, and was then transferred to the Burrillville Historical & Preservation Society. It is the best preserved of Burrillville's late 19th-century school buildings.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Bridgeton School. Rhode Island Preservation. 2014-07-12.