The New Britain Public High School Campus is a historic suite of former school buildings at 50 Bassett Street and 161 South Main Street in

New Britain, Connecticut New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is located approximately southwest of Hartford. According to 2020 Census, the population of the city is 74,135. Among the southernmost of the communities encompassed wit ...

. The campus's oldest building, opened in 1896, was one of the first public high schools in

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

, and is a good example of Renaissance Revival architecture. The campus was repeated enlarged during the 20th century with the addition of trade and vocational components, and served the city as a high school until the 1970s, when it was converted to housing. The campus 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 2015.

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National Register of Historic Places in Hartford County, Connecticut Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut School buildings completed in 1896 Buildings and structures in New Britain, Connecticut 1896 establishments in Connecticut {{Connecticut-NRHP-stub

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