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Bridgeton School: Bridgeton School: December 27, 2006 16 Laurel Hill Ave. ... Burrillville: 3: Harrisville Historic District: Harrisville Historic District. March 21 ...
The Bridgeton School is an historic school building located at 16 Laurel Hill Avenue in Burrillville, Rhode Island. The 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame schoolhouse was designed by George W. Spaulding and built in 1897 by Nehemiah Kimball & William H. Gory. It served the Burrillville public schools until 1966.
Burrillville was also one of seven towns in Rhode Island where independent candidate Ross Perot finished in second place during the 1992 presidential election. Perot received 2,018 votes (31.47 percent) behind Bill Clinton 's 2,454 votes (38.27 percent) and ahead of George H. W. Bush 's 1,880 (29.32 percent).
The school is a T-shaped brick structure 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 stories high, with fifteen bays across its main facade and a raised center entrance. When built it first served as the town's high school. In 1936, a new high school was constructed, and this building was then used strictly as an elementary school until it was closed in 1995.
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Bob Mitchell was chosen by school board members to become the next superintendent, [2] and he began his term that year. [3] In 2019 the school board gave Mitchell an additional two years as superintendent. [3] In 2021 Mitchell retired, and Thornton again became superintendent of the Cumberland school district. [4]
Tom Eccleston graduated from Brown University in 1932, playing four years of soccer, and immediately moved into a teaching position at Burrillville High in Burrillville, Rhode Island. [2] Initially a history teacher and football coach, Eccleston eventually added the coaching duties of baseball and ice hockey to his responsibilities, winning ...
Pascoag (PASS-ko or PASS-kog [5]) is a census-designated place (CDP) and village in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 4,577 at the 2010 census. [6] Pascoag is one of eight villages that make up the town of Burrillville.