Bournedale Village School

Bournedale Village School
Location 29 Herring Pond Road, Bourne, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°46′30″N 70°33′42″W / 41.77500°N 70.56167°W / 41.77500; -70.56167Coordinates: 41°46′30″N 70°33′42″W / 41.77500°N 70.56167°W / 41.77500; -70.56167
Built 1897
Architectural style Victorian Eclectic
NRHP Reference # 13000037[1]
Added to NRHP February 27, 2013

The Bournedale Village School is a historic school building at 29 Herring Pond Road in Bourne, Massachusetts. The school was built in 1897 to replace another schoolhouse on the same site that had been destroyed by fire; it is one of the oldest remaining one-room schoolhouses in Barnstable County. The structure was designed by a town committee; its exterior is an eclectic finish of wood shingles, clapboards, and tongue-in-groove beaded boarding. Its main entry is sheltered by a shed-roof overhang supported by decoratively carved brackets. The interior has a pair of vestibules, which lead into the single classroom space, and have stairs descending to an unfinished basement. Although the vestibule floors have been covered in linoleum, the main room retains its original pine floors and painted plaster walls.[2]

The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1] The building is now used by the Bournedale Civic Association as a meeting space.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bournedale Village School". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Bournedale Village School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-22.


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