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The America Street School was an historic school at 22 America Street in
Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...
. The school was a two-story brick structure, built in 1905 to a design by Frederick E. Field. It housed ten classrooms (five on each floor), and was one of four similarly sized schools built by the city between 1887 and 1916. The building served the city as a school until 1955, and was used for a time thereafter as a meeting place for a local branch of the
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. The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1987. It was listed as one of the "Ten Most Endangered Properties" by the
Providence Preservation Society The Providence Preservation Society is a private, non-profit organization based in Providence, Rhode Island. The organization's mission is to preserve the architectural heritage of Providence, Rhode Island. The organization was originally formed ...
in 1995, and was demolished in 1996.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Is ...


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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Buildings and structures in Providence, Rhode Island Demolished buildings and structures in Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island School buildings completed in 1905 Buildings and structures demolished in 1996 1905 establishments in Rhode Island {{ProvidenceRI-struct-stub