Witherbee School
Witherbee School | |
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Location | Middletown, RI |
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Coordinates | 41°30′23″N 71°17′21″W / 41.50639°N 71.28917°WCoordinates: 41°30′23″N 71°17′21″W / 41.50639°N 71.28917°W |
Built | 1907 |
NRHP reference No. | 89002036[1] |
Added to NRHP | 1989 |
The Witherbee School is a school house on Green End Avenue in Middletown, Rhode Island. It is a small 1+1⁄2-story gable-roofed structure, with a projecting section topped by a two-story tower. There are two entrances (one each for boys and girls), leading to separate vestibules, which then lead into the single classroom. The vestibule areas were altered to accommodate indoor plumbing facilities sometime before 1940. The school was built in 1907 for the town by John Coggeshall.[2] It closed in the 1940s, and is now run by the Middletown Historical Society as an educational center.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
See also[]
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
- Green's End, Rhode Island
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Witherbee School" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
External links[]
Categories:
- Educational institutions established in 1907
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- Schools in Newport County, Rhode Island
- Buildings and structures in Middletown, Rhode Island
- National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island
- 1907 establishments in Rhode Island
- Newport County, Rhode Island Registered Historic Place stubs
- Northeastern United States school stubs
- Rhode Island building and structure stubs