Barnegat Light Public School
Barnegat Light Public School is located in Ocean County, New Jersey
Barnegat Light Public School
Barnegat Light Public School is located in New Jersey
Barnegat Light Public School
Barnegat Light Public School is located in the United States
Barnegat Light Public School
Location501 Central Avenue, Barnegat Light, New Jersey
Coordinates39°45′35.9″N 74°6′18.9″W / 39.759972°N 74.105250°W / 39.759972; -74.105250
Built1904 (1904)
NRHP reference No.76001178[1]
NJRHP No.2270[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 7, 1976
Designated NJRHPDecember 8, 1975

The Barnegat Light Public School was the one-room schoolhouse for the borough of Barnegat Light in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, from 1903 until June 15, 1951. It became the Barnegat Light Historical Society Museum in 1954.[3] The schoolhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 7, 1976, for its significance in education.[4]

History and description

The one-room schoolhouse was completed in 1904. It was used as a schoolhouse until 1951, replaced by the Long Beach Island Consolidated School.[4] The building was dedicated as the Barnegat Light Museum in 1954.[5] Among other things, the museum houses the first degree Fresnel lens from Barnegat Lighthouse.[6]

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System  (#76001178)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Ocean County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 30, 2023. p. 1. listed as the Barnegat City Public School (Barnegat Light Museum)
  3. "Barnegat Light Historical Society Museum". Barnegat Light Historical Society. Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  4. 1 2 Kostrub, Nanci (December 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Barnegat Light Public School". National Park Service. With accompanying two photos
  5. "Barnegat Light Museum". Barnegat Light Historical Society & Museum.
  6. "Collections". Barnegat Light Historical Society & Museum.
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