Address: 255 Jones Hollow Road
Contemporary Building Name: 255 Jones Hollow Road
Historic Building Name: North School
Present Use: Residence
Historic Use: School House
Architectural style: Vernacular
Date constructed: 1900 (Assessor)
Description: The gable end of the small house faces the street. A tripartite picture window is its chief feature. There is a 1-over-1 window in the south side elevation in front of the south wing. Both small wings have shed roofs. The front door is in the south wing, along with two horizontal windows.
Significance: The former North School is not well-preserved, having lost its identity as a building type. It is historically significant because it was a one-room schoolhouse.
Sources: Ransom, David F. Historic and Architectural Resources Survey: Town of Marlborough, Connecticut. April 1998.
Schwarzmann, Vi. “History of the Marlborough Schools,” in Know Your Schools, Marlborough, CT: September, 1970. A report published under the direction of the Principal of the Marlborough Schools.
Fowler, Janet. A History of Education in a Small New England Town—Marlborough, Connecticut. Storrs, CT: I.N. Thut Education Center, The University of Connecticut; c.1984.
Notes: An 1869 district map, locates the North School on the southwest corner of West Road and Jones Hollow Road, and a source suggests that this schoolhouse was operated on this site until 1900. South of this site exists a different structure now known as the North School. This is the structure described above, and was open until 1932, when it was abandoned.