Area 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) Architectural style Renaissance | Built 1893 NRHP Reference # 90000153 | |
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Architect Longstaff & Hurd; Henry A. Howe, Jr.; Joseph W. Northrop | ||
The Maplewood School, also known as Grammar School No. 5, is a historic school building at 434 Maplewood Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It was built in 1893, and was designed by Longstaff & Hurd. As a result of overcrowding, in 1903 architect Henry A. Howe, Jr. designed additions, which were built onto both fronts of the school. In 1908, the school was once again enlarged with an annex designed by Joseph W. Northrop. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 and includes two contributing buildings.
Significance
Maplewood School is historically significant as an example of the development of Bridgeport's school system in the late 19th and early 20th century. A rapidly expanding Bridgeport was then undertaking a massive building program to replace its aging one and two-room schoolhouses with modern schools.