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Jean E. Hooker School-Berlin High School

The Jean E. Hooker School-Berlin High School, most recently the Kensington Grammar School, was a historic school complex at 462 Alling Street in Berlin, Connecticut. Built in 1910, the building served as both the town's first high school, and as a private school before being converted to an elementary school and finally closing in 1975. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012; it was demolished in 2014.

Description and history
The site of the former Jean E. Hooker School-Berlin High School was at the southeast corner of Alling and Grove Hill Streets, about 1/2 mile from the commercial center of Kensington. The building had two sections: the original 1910 block, and the 1931 addition. The 1910 block was a two-story brick structure, nine bays wide and seven deep, with brownstone trim. The bricks were sourced from local brickyards (a major 19th-century industry in Berlin), and its brickwork was of unusually high quality. It had terra cotta frieze panels depicting a variety of subjects, including St. George slaying the dragon. ==See also==
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