Locust Avenue School

Locust Avenue SchoolThis brick Romanesque Revival school building was designed by Warren Briggs in 1896 and built at a cost of $23,000. it is the last surviving 19th-century school building in Danbury and now houses the Alternative Center for Excellence (ACE). The structure was once used as a laboratory school, or a training ground for new teachers, and its design offers insight into school architecture of the late 19th century. The Locust Avenue School is one of four similar brick schools built in Danbury during the latter half of the 19th century. The three other are:

New Street School, built 1865, demolished 1969.

Balmforth Avenue School, built 1881, demolished 1958.

Morris Street School, built 19th century, old section demolished 1981, though the school itself survives.

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