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Old Farm Schoolhouse

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
72001340

Added to NRHP
  
18 October 1972

Built
  
1795

Opened
  
1795

Old Farm Schoolhouse

Location
  
Jct. of Park Ave. and School St., Bloomfield, Connecticut

The Old Farm Schoolhouse, also known as the Brick School, is a historic schoolhouse at Park Ave. and School St. in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Built in 1795, it is the oldest surviving public building in Bloomfield. It is a two story brick structure with a hip roof and an open octagonal belfry topped by a cupola. It was one of seven district schools built in the area in the late 18th century. In the mid-20th century the building house a local chapter of the American Legion.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

References

Old Farm Schoolhouse Wikipedia