School building on Castle Street in Miłosław

School in Poland, Poland

52°12′00″N 17°29′17″E / 52.20000°N 17.48806°E / 52.20000; 17.48806Construction started1846Completed1848

52°12′00″N 17°29′17″E / 52.20000°N 17.48806°E / 52.20000; 17.48806

The school building on Castle Street (Polish: Budynek szkolny przy ul. Zamkowej) in the Polish town of Miloslaw was a religious school, built in the neo-Gothic style in the 1840s. It became a hospital to treat wounded combatants during the Greater Poland Uprising of 1848, and was again involved in fighting around the time of the revolution of 1905-07.

Description

The school is a multi-storey building with neo-Gothic roofing, and was probably made by Seweryn Mielżyński [pl]. Its address is 13 Castle Street (ul. Zamkowa 13).

The rooms contained in the school were as follows:

9 classrooms,
Teacher's lounge,
Secretariat,
Office of the Director,
Office of the Deputy Director,
Personnel office,
Two utility rooms,
Bathroom.

Close to the school, at 19 Castle Street, is located a clergy house built during the years 1894–1895, and on the opposite side of the street is a former evangelical church. At the end of 2012 the school building was partially converted into social housing.