Union School
174 Center Street, southwest corner of Center Street and Union Avenue, West Haven. The 1940 directory gives 176 Center Street. Includes the Union district and earlier school buildings, with the present landmark and senior-housing reuse distinguished.

id: WH-UNI-001
title: Union School’s early buildings and school life
kind: Historical documents
date: 1940
summary: Printed page 63 describes earlier Union schoolhouses and the consolidation of classes formerly held on the Green.
url: https://archive.org/download/historyofwesthav00unse/historyofwesthav00unse.pdf#page=177
credit: Writers’ Program (U.S.), Connecticut, History of West Haven, Connecticut (Church Press, 1940); Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center / Internet Archive
notes: Public domain in the United States: repository states that copyright was not renewed, citing the Stanford renewal database. No separate copyright notice appears on the selected plate. Full printed page retained. Scan quality reflects the photocopied source; OCR may contain errors.
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text_file: texts/wh-union-education-1940.txt
institution: Union School
accessed: 2026-09-08
license_url: https://archive.org/details/historyofwesthav00unse
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id: WH-UNI-002
title: The district system and its 1926 consolidation
kind: Historical documents
date: 1940
summary: Printed page 64 includes the School Districts section; the upper portion continues the separate Waldense School account.
url: https://archive.org/download/historyofwesthav00unse/historyofwesthav00unse.pdf#page=179
credit: Writers’ Program (U.S.), Connecticut, History of West Haven, Connecticut (Church Press, 1940); Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center / Internet Archive
notes: Public domain in the United States: repository states that copyright was not renewed, citing the Stanford renewal database. No separate copyright notice appears on the selected plate. Full printed page retained. Scan quality reflects the photocopied source; OCR may contain errors.
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text_file: texts/wh-union-districts-1940.txt
institution: Union School
accessed: 2026-09-08
license_url: https://archive.org/details/historyofwesthav00unse
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id: WH-UNI-003
title: Union School class photograph, 1924
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1924
summary: The Historical Society identifies an authentic class group as Union School, 1924.
url: https://whhistoricalsociety.org/school-photos/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: No explicit reuse license or original publication evidence. Direct image: https://whhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/photo-gallery/imported_from_media_libray/Union_School-1924.jpg External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WH-UNI-004
title: Union School class photograph, 1944
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1944
summary: A group portrait labeled Union School 1944, with Pack Brothers credit visible in the image.
url: https://whhistoricalsociety.org/school-photos/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Copyright not cleared; source link only. Direct image: https://whhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/photo-gallery/imported_from_media_libray/Union_School_1944.jpg External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WH-UNI-005
title: National Register nomination and photo set
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1987
summary: Original architectural nomination and accompanying photographs document the building and senior-housing conversion.
url: https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/87001899
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Third-party consultant survey material; no blanket federal public-domain assumption. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WH-UNI-006
title: Modern building photograph and architectural overview
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2014-07-23
summary: Architectural overview distinguishes the 1890 building, earlier wooden structures, and 1914 addition.
url: https://historicbuildingsct.com/union-school-west-haven-1890/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Modern photograph not cleared for local reproduction. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WH-UNI-007
title: Coverage gaps
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Undated
summary: No cleared Union class photograph or exterior image is included. Exact last school day and senior-housing conversion completion date were not verified.
url: https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/87001899_text
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: The 1940 history’s internally contradictory 1899/1890 early-high-school sentence is not used to establish the high school’s founding year. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WH-UNI-008
title: Supporting source: archive.org
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://archive.org/download/historyofwesthav00unse/historyofwesthav00unse.pdf#page=181
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source; consult the original publication for its full context.
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id: WH-UNI-009
title: Supporting source: archive.org
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://archive.org/download/historyofwesthav00unse/historyofwesthav00unse.pdf#page=183
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source; consult the original publication for its full context.
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id: WH-UNI-010
title: Supporting source: npgallery.nps.gov
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/85003368_text
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source; consult the original publication for its full context.
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id: ED-L-UNI-ADD-001
title: Union School exterior
kind: Photographs
date: 2018-03-01
institution: Union School
summary: The surviving brick school shows its corner tower and large arched entrance after conversion to housing.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WestHavenCT_UnionSchool.jpg
credit: Wikimedia Commons; Magicpiano
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. New item, 1024 × 680. License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Reuse: CC BY-SA 4.0
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accessed: 2026-09-12
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id: ED-L-UNI-ADD-002
title: Union School, West Haven
kind: Photographs
date: Undated photo; article published 2014-07-23
institution: Union School
summary: This separate exterior view records the school’s tower and entrance from another street position.
url: https://historicbuildingsct.com/union-school-west-haven-1890/
credit: Historic Buildings of Connecticut; Daniel Sterner site
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Image-level expansion of WH-UNI-006. Do not date the camera exposure from the article publication. Reuse: Link only; no open photo license verified
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