Umpawaug District School

Umpawaug Rd., Redding, Connecticut. County/parish: Fairfield.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 01, 1988. NRIS 88002695.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Umpawaug District School

The Umpawaug District School is a one-room schoolhouse located near the junction of Umpawaug Road and Marchant in Redding, Connecticut, United States. The school was built in 1790 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1988. It is the only surviving district schoolhouse in the town. The building was used as a schoolhouse until 1931. Once a year the Redding Historical Society will open the schoolhouse to the public. It is still owned by the town, but is managed by the Redding Historical Society as a museum.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132354120

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