The Dr. Daniel Lathrop School is a historic school building at 69 East Town Street in the

Norwichtown Norwichtown is a historic neighborhood in the city of Norwich, Connecticut. It is generally the area immediately north of the Yantic River between I-395 and Route 169. The portion of the neighborhood from the Norwichtown Green and east of it i ...

section of

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. It is a single-story brick structure with a gambrel roof, located facing the village green next to the

Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop The Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop is a historic building that was built between 1772 and 1774 on the green in Norwichtown, now a section of Norwich, Connecticut. It is a by -story clapboarded building with a gambrel roof. The interior has a s ...

, another historic building. Built in 1782, it is one of the oldest surviving brick school buildings in the state. The building was listed on the

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on December 29, 1970. It now serves as a visitors center for the local historical society.

Description and history

The Dr. Daniel Lathrop School is located on the northside East Town Street, facing the triangular Norwichtown green, next to the

. It is a single-story brick building, covered with a wooden shingled gambrel roof. The main facade is five bays wide, with the entrance in the rightmost bay, topped by a transom window. The roof is capped by a small square cupola with a flared roof. Windows are 12-over-12 sash windows, and there is a possibly original plank door on the back side of the building. Dr. Daniel Lathrop was a physician in the town of Norwich in the mid-18th century. He bequeathed £500 for the establishment of a grammar school in Norwichtown, which resulted in the construction of this building in 1782. In addition to serving as a school, the building has housed a branch library, and been used by the city as a polling place. It is one of the oldest school buildings in the state, and makes a contrast with the adjacent silversmith shop, built to the same plan but out of wood. It is now used by the Norwich Historical Society as a visitors center.

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Norwich Historical Society
{{National Register of Historic Places School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut Former school buildings in the United States Schools in New London County, Connecticut Defunct schools in Connecticut Buildings and structures in Norwich, Connecticut National Register of Historic Places in New London County, Connecticut Historic district contributing properties in Connecticut

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