The District Schoolhouse No. 2 is a historic school building on Old Post Road (Rhode Island Route 1A) in the Cross Mills section of Charlestown, Rhode Island. The single-story Greek Revival structure was built c. 1838, and originally stood in the Quonochontaug area, before being moved to its present location (along with its foundation stones) in 1973. The schoolhouse is the best-preserved of Charlestown's eight 19th-century schoolhouses, and is now maintained by the Charlestown Historical Society.[2]
District Schoolhouse No. 2 | |
Location | Charlestown, Rhode Island |
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Coordinates | 41°23′7″N 71°39′4″W / 41.38528°N 71.65111°W |
Built | 1838 |
NRHP reference No. | 80000016[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 4, 1980 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for District Schoolhouse No. 2" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
Further reading
edit- "1838 District No. 2 Schoolhouse". charlestownhistorical.org. Retrieved November 26, 2020.