The Middletown Woodrow Wilson High School is a former high school, now used as residential apartments, located at 339 Hunting Hill Avenue, Middletown, Connecticut. Built in 1931, it was the city's first unified high school, a role it served until 1958. It then served as a junior high school before being adapted to its present residential use. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
Woodrow Wilson High School | |
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| Location | Hunting Hill Ave. and Russell St., Middletown, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°32′27″N 72°38′52″W / 41.5407°N 72.6477°W |
| Area | 16 acres (6.5 ha) |
| Built | 1931 |
| Architect | Towner & Sellew Assoc.; Baldwin, Linus |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002270[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 06, 1986 |
Description and history
editThe Middletown Woodrow Wilson High School is located in what is now a predominantly residential area south of downtown Middletown, on the west side of Hunting Hill Avenue south of its junction with Russell Street. It is a three-story structure, built of brick with concrete trim, and covered by a hip roof topped by a small tower and cupola. Its main entrance is in a prominent Classical Revival portico, with paired pilasters flanking the second and third-floor windows, garlanded panels between those floors, and a fully pedimented gable with modillion blocks and a round panel at the center.[2]
The school was built in 1931, on what was then a more rural agricultural area. It was designed by Linus Baldwin, of Towner & Sellew Associates, to meet the growing demand for education in the city's more rural outlying areas. At first considered for use as a junior high school, and had what were then state-of-the-art facilities, including specialized classrooms, laboratory and vocational shop areas, and art and music rooms. It served as the city's high school until 1958, and then as a junior high school, before it was rehabilitated for residential use.[2]
Notable alumni
edit- Bill Denehy (baseball), former Major League Baseball pitcher
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Middletown Woodrow Wilson High School". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-03.