Root School, Norwich

Name: Root School
Address: Norwich, United States

#10 among attractions in Norwich

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The Root School is a historic school building at 987 Union Village Road in Norwich, Vermont. Built in 1937, it is a rare late example of a one-room schoolhouse, made further distinctive by the survival of its original schoolroom interior. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. ()

Coordinates: 43°45'22"N, 72°16'37"W

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Root School – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hanover Country Club, Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park, Ledyard Bridge, College Green.

2.8 miS
Golf
Hanover Country Club, Hanover
71 min walk • Hanover Country Club was a college-owned, semi-private golf course open to the public. The college shut down the golf course in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and for controversial financial reasons.
3.7 miS
Sport complex, Sport venue, Sport
Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park, Hanover
96 min walk • Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park is a baseball venue in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It is home to the Dartmouth Big Green baseball team of the NCAA Division I Ivy League. The field has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.
3.8 miS
Bridge
Ledyard Bridge, Norwich
97 min walk • The Ledyard Bridge crosses the Connecticut River to connect Hanover, New Hampshire to Norwich, Vermont. It is the third bridge at this crossing to bear the name of the adventurer John Ledyard.
3.7 miS
Quad, Park
College Green, Hanover
94 min walk • The Green is a grass-covered field and common space at the center of Dartmouth College, an Ivy League university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It was among the first parcels of land obtained by the College upon its founding in 1769, and is the only creation of the 18th century remaining at the center of the campus.
3.7 miS
Universities and schools
Dartmouth College, Hanover
94 min walk • Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is the ninth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.
3.8 miS
Museum, Art gallery
Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover
97 min walk • Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College is located at 4 East Wheelock Street in Hanover, New Hampshire. The center, which was designed by Wallace Harrison and foreshadows his later design of Manhattan's Lincoln Center, is the college's cultural hub.
3.8 miS
Museum, Art museum, Postmodern architecture
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover
97 min walk • The Hood Museum of Art is owned and operated by Dartmouth College, located in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States.
3.5 miS
Observatories and planetariums
Shattuck Observatory, Hanover
91 min walk • Shattuck Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The observatory's most notable director was Edwin Brant Frost, who went on to be the director of the Yerkes Observatory.
3.6 miS
Library
Baker-Berry Library, Hanover
91 min walk • The Baker-Berry Library is the main library at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The fresco, The Epic of American Civilization, was painted by José Clemente Orozco in the lower level of the library, and is a National Historic Landmark.
3.9 miS
43°42'3"N • 72°17'16"W
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Hanover
99 min walk • Museum, Shopping, Universities and schools
3.3 miSW
Neighbourhood, Colonial revival architecture
Norwich Village Historic District, Norwich
84 min walk • The Norwich Village Historic District encompasses the compact village center of Norwich, Vermont. The village was developed mainly in the first half of the 19th century, benefiting in importance from the 1820 founding of what is now Norwich University.