The Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children educated the African-American children of
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of whi ...
from 1858 until the
Princeton Public Schools
Princeton Public Schools (PPS) is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Princeton, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.National Register of Historic Places
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on March 9, 2005, for its significance in education. With
History and description
The school is built with brick and features
Colonial Revival architecture
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...
. An ornate
cupola
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The word derives, via Italian, fro ...
is centered on the roof.
In 1948 the ''
Journal of Negro Education
''The Journal of Negro Education'' was a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Howard University, established in 1932 by Charles Henry Thompson, who was its editor-in-chief for more than 30 years.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey
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This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, New Jerse ...