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The Borough School, also known as Stonington High School from 1910 to 1939, is a condominium building at 25 Orchard Street in
Stonington, Connecticut The town of Stonington is located in New London County, Connecticut in the state's southeastern corner. It includes the borough of Stonington (borough), Connecticut, Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Connecticut, Pawcatuck, Lords Point, and W ...
. It was built in 1888 and is a distinct and high quality local example of
Second Empire architecture Second Empire style, also known as the Napoleon III style, is a highly eclectic style of architecture and decorative arts, which uses elements of many different historical styles, and also made innovative use of modern materials, such as i ...
. 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 1978 and was converted to residential use in 1981. This building is not to be confused with the town's modern high school, Stonington High School, in
Pawcatuck Pawcatuck is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Stonington which is located in New London County, Connecticut. The population was 5,624 at the 2010 census. It is located across the Pawcatuck River from Downtown Westerly, ...
.Stonington High School
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Description and history

The school is located on the east side of Stonington Neck, its back side overlooking
Little Narragansett Bay Little Narragansett Bay is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean and an estuary of the Pawcatuck River on the Rhode Island–Connecticut state line. It is sheltered by a curving peninsula, known as Napatree Point. At the base of Napatree Point is the s ...
east of the commercial center of Stonington village. It is a -story brick Second Empire structure, with a
mansard roof A mansard or mansard roof (also called a French roof or curb roof) is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper. The ...
and a four-story tower above its entrance. The tower is also topped by a mansard roof, with iron cresting at the top. The main roof is pierced by dormers with pedimented gables, and the tower's roof faces are pierced by dormers with round-arch windows. Windows are set in pairs in segmented-arch openings or singly in round-arch openings, with stone keystones and lintel end stones. The interior is framed in wood. The school was built in 1888, and originally served as a community school for the village, housing all grade levels. It was doubled in size in 1903, with a near duplicate of the original construction placed to the rear and joined to it via a connecting hall and stairwell. A new high school was built in 1939, at which time this school was reduced to use as an elementary school. It was closed due to fire in 1973.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New London C ...


References

{{Authority control School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut Second Empire architecture in Connecticut School buildings completed in 1888 Stonington, Connecticut Schools in New London County, Connecticut National Register of Historic Places in New London County, Connecticut