North Smithfield Heritage Association - Forestdale RI
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nomadwillie
N 41° 59.937 W 071° 33.615
19T E 287955 N 4652830
Located on School St in Forestdale RI
Waymark Code: WMQYN6
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 04/15/2016
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Built in 1877 on land giver by the Forestdale Manufacturing Company was located on the east end of the village. Originally known as the Branch School in District Number Three, it became the Forestdale School. The Eleanor Howard Palmer Kindergarten was transferred here from the Kendall Dean School in 1958. In 1975 the kindergarten class was transferred back to the Kendall Dean School, classes ended and the building was leased to the North Smithfield Heritage Association as their headquarters. The Association is the local historical society.
From the North Smithfield Heritage Association website:
The NSHA was founded in 1970 with the mission of “identifying, acquiring, holding, arranging, restoring, maintaining, opening to the public with suitable regulations and preserving for posterity, places, tracts of land, and object of historical, educational, architectural, cultural and aesthetic value in North Smithfield”.
Address:
190 School St
Forestdale , RI
Web Address: [Web Link]
Hours of Operation: Not listed
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