Connecticut
South Central Connecticut Planning Region
Town of New Haven

Welch School

The Welch Training School, also known as the Welch School, is a historic school building at 495 Congress Street in . Built in 1883, it is a good example of Queen Anne architecture as applied to school buildings, and was the city's first teacher training school.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: New Haven, Connecticut, NRHP-listed
  • Also known as: “Welch Training School”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Hospital
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Yale New Haven Children's Hospital is a 202-bed pediatric acute care children's hospital located in . The hospital is affiliated with the Yale School of Medicine. is situated 1,100 feet north of Welch School.

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 northeast of Welch School.

Hospital building
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is a 1,541-bed teaching hospital located in . It is the second-largest hospital in the United States and one of the largest in the world. is situated 1,200 feet north of Welch School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Redfield & West Streets Historic District and Trowbridge Square Historic District.

Neighborhood
Redfield & West Streets Historic District is a state-designated historic district in . It is located in The Hill neighborhood in southern New Haven.

Neighborhood
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, originally known as Village of Spireworth and Mount Pleasant, is a well-preserved 19th-century neighborhood in the Hill section of .

Neighborhood
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is the southwesternmost neighborhood of New Haven, . As early as 1800, this area was known as "Sodom Hill". Located directly south of , this neighborhood is home to residential areas, some light industry, New Haven Union Station as well as Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Yale School of Medicine.

Welch School

Latitude
41.30121° or 41° 18′ 4″ north
Longitude
-72.93677° or 72° 56′ 12″ west
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
Open location code
87H98327+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 359271796
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
4845312
Wiki­data ID
Q7980564
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Welch School” goes by many names.

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