North-West School
The North-West School is a historic school building at 1240 Albany Avenue in Hartford, Connecticut. Built in 1891, it is a well-preserved example of a late 19th-century school building, considered state of the art at the time of its construction.Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: School building
- Description: school building in Hartford, United States of America
- Also known as: “Fox Middle School”
- Address: 1240 Albany Avenue, Hartford, CT 06112
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include A. Everett Austin House and Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center.
A. Everett Austin House
Museum
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The A. Everett Austin House is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 130 Scarborough Street in Hartford, Connecticut. It was the home of Wadsworth Atheneum director Arthur Everett "Chick" Austin Jr. A. Everett Austin House is situated 3,200 feet west of North-West School.
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Hospital
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Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center is a 617-bed acute care hospital located on Woodland Street in Hartford, Connecticut. The hospital was established in 1897 by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chambéry. Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is situated 3,300 feet south of North-West School.
Mark Twain House Museum
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The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens and his family from 1874 to 1891. The Clemens family had it designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and built in the America High Gothic style. Mark Twain House Museum is situated 1 mile south of North-West School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upper Albany Historic District and Vine Street Apartment Buildings.
Upper Albany Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Upper Albany Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential area of the North End of Hartford, Connecticut. It extends along Albany Avenue between Garden and Woodland Streets, including side streets to the south, and extends northward to include the southern portion of Keney Park.
Vine Street Apartment Buildings
Neighborhood
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The Vine Street Apartment Buildings, many now known as the Horace Bushnell Apartments, are a historic collection of residential apartment blocks at 4-48 Vine Street in Hartford, Connecticut.
Sigourney Square District
Neighborhood
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The Signourney Square Historic District encompasses a neighborhood in the Asylum Hill area of Hartford, Connecticut, United States, that was almost entirely built out in a single decade at the end of the 19th century as a middle-class residential area.
North-West School
- Categories: building, historic site, and education
- Location: Town of Hartford, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.78294° or 41° 46′ 59″ northLongitude
-72.69684° or 72° 41′ 49″ westOpen location code
87H9Q8M3+57OpenStreetMap ID
way 913714412OpenStreetMap feature
building=schoolOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q48838867
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