Scotch Plains School

Scotch Plains School
Location Park Avenue, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°38′58″N 74°23′47″W / 40.64944°N 74.39639°W / 40.64944; -74.39639Coordinates: 40°38′58″N 74°23′47″W / 40.64944°N 74.39639°W / 40.64944; -74.39639
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1890
Architect McKim,Mead, & White
Architectural style Renaissance
NRHP Reference # 78001802[1]
NJRHP # 2722[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 12, 1978
Designated NJRHP October 12, 1978

The Scotch Plains School, or School #1,[3] was located in Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey, United States. The school was built in 1890 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1978.

Originally designed by Stanford White as an elementary school, it was repurposed as a high school within ten years of its opening. School One reverted to being an elementary school in 1926 and continued as such until its closing in 1974.[4]

The school was burned down by an arsonist in 1984. [5] It has since been demolished.

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References

  1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Union County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. June 4, 2012. p. 10. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  3. Historical Society of Scotch Plains and Fanwood New Jersey. "History". Township of Scotch Plains. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  4. Bousquet, Richard; Bousquet, Suzanne (1995). Images of America: Scotch Plains and Fanwood. Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 0738563188.
  5. Dyckman, Susan M. (October 28, 1999). "Single Classroom, Built in 1768, Marks Beginning of Public School District" (PDF). The Times of Scotch Plains-Fanwood (Scotch Plains, NJ).


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