William Winsor School

The William Winsor School is an historic elementary school in Smithfield, Rhode Island within the village of Greenville directly across from the Greenville Public Library. The school is named after William Winsor. As of 2017 the school may close due to a reconfiguration of the district.[1]

William Winsor School in the village of Greenville (Smithfield) Rhode Island

History

The historic school opened in 1933 on Putnam Pike,[2] and the PTA asked the School committee to name the school after William Winsor (1819-1904), a local Greenville philanthropist, town treasurer, Smithfield Savings Bank officer, supporter of education, and co-founder of the Greenville Public Library. He was a direct descendant of some of the early colonists who purchased Smithfield from the Native Americans.[3]

  • William Winsor of Greenville in Smithfield, Rhode Island
  • Prior to the construction of the Winsor School, Greenville elementary students attended the Greenville School House, which was located near the site of Greenville's current post office, and on the site of the former Smithfield Academy which was built in 1810. Before that students were educated in the back of the Resolved Waterman Tavern[4]

References
  1. "School ‘reconfiguration’ likely leads to closing of Winsor" 6/21/2017 Valley Breeze http://www.valleybreeze.com/2017-06-21/observer-smithfield-west/school-reconfiguration-likely-leads-closing-winsor#.WZoBCU2pVMt
  2. "School ‘reconfiguration’ likely leads to closing of Winsor" 6/21/2017 Valley Breeze http://www.valleybreeze.com/2017-06-21/observer-smithfield-west/school-reconfiguration-likely-leads-closing-winsor#.WZoBCU2pVMt
  3. http://winsor.smithfield-ps.org/
  4. Remembering Smithfield: Sketches of Apple Valley By Jim Ignasher, ch 4

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