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Brick Schoolhouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property
The Brick Schoolhouse in 2020
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Location	Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°49′43″N 71°24′34″W / 41.82861°N 71.40944°W / 41.82861; -71.40944
Built	1768
Part of	College Hill Historic District (ID70000019)
NRHP reference No.	72000038
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 5, 1972
Designated NHLDCP	November 10, 1970

The Brick Schoolhouse (also known as the Meeting Street School) is a historic colonial meeting house and school at 24 Meeting Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island.

History

The school was built in 1768 to serve as a school and meeting place for town meetings. The building temporarily housed the college that became Brown University when it moved from Warren to Providence in 1770. During the American Revolutionary War, Brown's University Hall was used to house French troops, and the Meeting Street schoolhouse was used for college classes once again.

A group of Rhode Islanders led by John Howland started one of the first free public schools in 1800 in the schoolhouse at 24 Meeting Street. The building housed various schools over the next two centuries, including a school for black children, a cooking school, and a fresh air school for tubercular children, the first such program in America. From 1946 to 1957, the Meeting Street School met in the Brick Schoolhouse educating children with cerebral palsy. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It currently serves as the headquarters for the Providence Preservation Society, a group founded in 1956, which hosts various educational and community events at the property.

Gallery

• The building altered to function as a fresh air school, c. 1915
• The building in 2011
• The building in 2020

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-11. Retrieved 2011-11-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Media related to Brick Schoolhouse at Wikimedia Commons

• Providence Preservation Society website
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. RI-191, "Brick Schoolhouse, 24 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, RI", 1 photo, 5 data pages, supplemental material

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