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Cora B. Whitney School

1897 establishments in VermontBuildings and structures in Bennington, VermontColonial Revival architecture in VermontNational Register of Historic Places in Bennington County, VermontSchool buildings completed in 1897
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
Cora B Whitney School, Bennington VT
Cora B Whitney School, Bennington VT

The Cora B. Whitney School is a historic former school building at 814 Gage Street in Bennington, Vermont. Built in 1897, it served as one of the town's primary schools until 1994, and was converted into senior housing in 1999. It is architecturally an important early local example of Colonial Revival architecture, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

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