| 词条 | South School (Torrington, Connecticut) |
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| name = South School | nrhp_type = | image = SouthSchool Torrington Connecticut 501.jpg | caption = | location= 362 S. Main St., Torrington, Connecticut | coordinates = {{coord|41|47|36|N|73|7|17|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Connecticut#USA | built = 1915 | architect = Potter, Wilson | architecture = Beaux Arts | added = March 27, 1986 | area = less than one acre | governing_body = Private | refnum = 86000522[1] }} The South School is a historic school building at 362 South Main Street in Torrington, Connecticut. It is a Beaux Arts architecture building, designed by Wilson Potter and completed in 1915. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] It is significant as a well-preserved example of the work of Potter, a New York City-based designer of schools throughout the Northeastern United States, and as a prototype for other schools built in Torrington.[2] The building has been renovated for use as residential apartments. In 2010, a sign describes it as "South School Garden View Apartments". Description and historyThe South School is located in a mixed residential-commercial area south of downtown Torrington, at the southwest corner of South Main Street and Brooker Street. It is a large two-story brick building, with a flat roof, granite foundation, and terra cotta trim. The basement is elevated, with a stringcourse of trim separating it from the main levels. The main facade is broadly divided into three sections, with a central section with bands of sash windows flanked by a slightly projecting end sections with blank walls adorned by patterned brick and trim. The corners of the end sections have brick quoining, and the building is topped by a low parapet with wide stepped crenellations highlighted by a terra cotta border. The main entrance is set at the center of the basement level, in a richly decorated segmented-arch surround.[2] The school was built in 1915 to a design by Wilson Potter, a prominent New York City architect known for his school designs; Potter was also credited with the design of the 1914 Torrington High School, now much altered and no longer the high school. This building was the first large-scale elementary school for the city, and served as a prototype for schools it built through the 1930s. The building was used as a school until 1981.[2] See also
References1. ^1 {{NRISref|2009a}} {{National Register of Historic Places}}2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=86000522}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: South School |date=June 1985 |author=Jack A. Gold and John Herzan |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=86000522|title=Accompanying 7 photos, from 1984|photos=y}} 5 : School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut|Beaux-Arts architecture in Connecticut|School buildings completed in 1915|Buildings and structures in Torrington, Connecticut|National Register of Historic Places in Litchfield County, Connecticut |
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