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Old Stone School House
Main Street Greenwich, NJ 08323
Owner:
Township of Greenwich
Use:
Open to public when Artists have an exhibition (of their work).
Notes:
Within Greenwich Historic District Not within Greenwich Historic Conservation Zone.
General Information: Construction 1811 Successively used as a militia headquarters, school, house, polling booth, undertakers establishment and now as an art museum. Significance: Little stone school endowed as a free school for poor children by Zachariah Barrow. Oldest educational building in Cumberland County. Served until advent of public supported learning. Description: This one and a half story stone building was built in 1810. The foundation is also of stone. Inside there is a chimney, the walls are of plaster and floors; of random width board. The roof is pitch and of shingles. The 1935 survey found iron strap hinges had been rivetted to each slab. |