Joseph W. Pepin Memorial Building
The Joseph W. Pepin Memorial Building formally known as Alternative Center for Excellence (ACE) and the Alternative Center for Education, is located in the former Locust Avenue School at 26 Locust Avenue in Danbury, Connecticut, United States. It is an alternative high school within Danbury Public Schools, meant for at-risk students.
| Joseph W. Pepin Memorial Building | |
|---|---|
East (front) elevation and north profile, 2008 | |
| Address | |
26 Locust Ave. , 06810 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°24′5″N 73°26′29″W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public Alternative high school |
| Established | 1977 |
| School district | Danbury Public Schools |
| Principal | John Webber |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 97 (2008) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10.8 |
| Language | English |
| Campus size | 1.1 acres (4,500 m2) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Communities served | Danbury |
| Website | danbury.k12.ct.us/aceweb/ace |
Locust Avenue School | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001162 |
| Added to NRHP | May 30, 1985 |
The building itself, a brick Romanesque Revival structure, was designed by architect Warren R. Briggs in 1896, and later featured in his book Modern American School Buildings.: 2, 13 For many years it was an elementary school, and a laboratory school where recent graduates of the state's teacher training schools were sent to hone their skills with actual students before going to their ultimate teaching jobs.
Today it is the last nineteenth-century school building remaining in Danbury, and one of the few remaining laboratory school buildings in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.