James Hillhouse High School

James Hillhouse High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in . It serves grades 9–12. Formerly New Haven High School, it is the oldest public high school in New Haven, and is part of the New Haven Public Schools.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: high school in New Haven, Connecticut
  • Also known as: Hillhouse High School”, “Hillhouse Hill School”, and “James Hillhouse Senior High School
  • Address: 480 Sherman Parkway, New Haven, CT 06511

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church.

Library
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The is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in . It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts. is situated 1 mile southeast of James Hillhouse High School.

Church
The Dixwell Avenue Congregational United Church of Christ is a historic church at 217 Dixwell Avenue in . Founded in 1820 as the African Ecclesiastical Society, the congregation has been a major part of African-American society in the city since then. is situated 2,000 feet southeast of James Hillhouse High School.

Church
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a historic church at 111-113 Whalley Avenue in . Built in 1905 for a congregation founded in 1844, it is a good example of late Gothic Revival architecture, and is further notable as the second church in the city established as an African-American congregation. is situated 2,700 feet south of James Hillhouse High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dixwell and Beaver Hills Historic District.

Suburb
is a neighborhood of , . Named for Avenue, the main thoroughfare of the neighborhood which in turn was named for regicide judge John , it is situated generally northwest of and adjacent to .

Neighborhood
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The is a 97-acre historic district in the Beaver Hills neighborhood of . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the city of . The older, east central portion of the neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the .

James Hillhouse High School

Latitude
41.32178° or 41° 19′ 18″ north
Longitude
-72.93958° or 72° 56′ 23″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
87H983C6+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43437563
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
4836935
Wiki­data ID
Q14714934
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“James Hillhouse High School” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Հիլհաուսի ավագ դպրոց
  • Catalan: Hillhouse High School
  • Chinese: 希尔豪斯高级中学
  • Chinese: 希爾豪斯高中
  • Chinese: 希爾豪斯高階中學
  • Czech: Hillhouse High School
  • French: Hillhouse High School
  • German: Hillhouse High School
  • Hebrew: תיכון הילהאוז
  • Indonesian: SMA James Hillhouse
  • Irish: Ardscoil Hillhouse
  • Swedish: Hillhouse High School

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