John Fitch School, Windsor

Name: John Fitch School
Address: Windsor, United States

#41 among attractions in Windsor

Beaux-Arts architecture

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The John Fitch School is a historic former school building at 156 Bloomfield Avenue in Windsor, Connecticut, United States. Built in 1929 and twice enlarged, it is a prominent local example of the Beaux Arts style, and was the town's first purpose-built high school. Since 1988, it has served as Fitch Court, a senior housing complex managed by the local housing authority. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. ()

Coordinates: 41°51'10"N, 72°39'6"W

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John Fitch School – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: First Church in Windsor, Vintage Radio and Communications Museum, Hezekiah Chaffee House, Grace Church Rectory.

0.8 miNE
Church
First Church in Windsor, Windsor
20 min walk • The First Church in Windsor, Connecticut is the oldest Congregational church in Connecticut. Its origin can be traced back to 1630, when 140 men and women sailed out of Plymouth, England on the Mary & John. This was the first of 17 ships in the so-called Winthrop Fleet, bound for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
0.9 miNE
41°51'46"N • 72°38'27"W
Vintage Radio and Communications Museum, Windsor
23 min walk • History museum, Museum
0.7 miNE
Museum, History museum
Hezekiah Chaffee House, Windsor
19 min walk • The Hezekiah Chaffee House is a historic house museum on Meadow Lane in Windsor, Connecticut. Built about 1765, it is one of Windsor's largest and most elaborate Georgian brick houses.
0.5 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture
Grace Church Rectory, Windsor
12 min walk • The former Grace Church Rectory is a historic church rectory and house at 301 Broad Street in Windsor, Connecticut. Built about 1865, it is a good local example of Gothic Revival architecture executed in brick.
0.6 miNE
Bridge
Farmington River Railroad Bridge, Windsor
16 min walk • The Farmington River Railroad Bridge spans the Farmington River in Windsor, Connecticut, just west of Palisado Avenue and north of Pleasant Street.
0.9 miE
41°51'25"N • 72°38'8"W
Windsor Historical Society, Windsor
23 min walk • History museum, Museum, Library
0.5 miSE
41°50'56"N • 72°38'39"W
Windsor Public Library, Windsor
12 min walk • Library
1 miNE
Church
First Church Parsonage, Windsor
25 min walk • The First Church Parsonage is a historic parsonage house at 160 Palisado Avenue in Windsor, Connecticut. Built in 1852 for the new minister of the First Congregational Church, it is a well-preserved example of transitional Greek Revival-Italianate architecture in brick.
0.5 miE
Neighbourhood, Greek Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Broad Street Green Historic District, Windsor
13 min walk • The Broad Street Green Historic District encompasses the historic late-19th century town center of Windsor, Connecticut.
0.8 miSE
Georgian architecture
Loomis Homestead, Windsor
22 min walk • The Loomis Homestead in Windsor, Connecticut, is one of the oldest timber-frame houses in America. The oldest part of the house, an ell adjacent to the main house, is believed to have been built between 1640 and 1653 by Joseph Loomis who came to America from England in 1638.
~1640 ftNE
Greek Revival architecture
Hathaways Store, Windsor
8 min walk • Hathaways Store is a historic formerly commercial building at 32 East Street in Windsor, Connecticut. Built about 1850, it is a good local example of vernacular Italianate architecture in brick, and a reminder of the formerly industrial heritage of its immediate surroundings.

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Which popular attractions are close to John Fitch School?

Nearby attractions include Hathaways Store, Windsor (8 min walk), William Shelton House, Windsor (10 min walk), Grace Church Rectory, Windsor (12 min walk), Windsor Public Library, Windsor (12 min walk).

How to get to John Fitch School by public transport?

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Windsor (13 min walk)