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Maplewood School
Location: 434 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport, Connecticut Coordinates: 41°10′42″N 73°12′35″W / 41.17833°N 73.20972°WCoordinates: 41°10′42″N 73°12′35″W / 41.17833°N 73.20972°W Area: 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) Built: 1893 Architect: Longstaff & Hurd; Joseph Northrup Architectural style: Renaissance Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 90000153[1] Added to NRHP: February 21, 1990 The Maplewood School, also known as Grammar School No. 5, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was built in 1893, and was designed by Longstaff & Hurd. The school was enlarged later. And an annex building designed by architect Joseph Northrup was added later. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 and includes two contributing buildings.[1][2]
History
Maplewood School is historically significant as an example of the development of Bridgeport's school system in the late 19th and early 20th century. A rapidly expanding Bridgeport was then undertaking a massive building program to replace its aging one and two-room schoolhouses with modern schools.[2]
See also
- History of Bridgeport, Connecticut
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b Bruce Clouette (June 30, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Maplewood School / Grammar School No. 5". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/90000153.pdf. and Accompanying 10 photos from 1989 (captions page 8 of text document)
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