Old East Boston High School (also known as Joseph H. Barnes School) is an historic school building at 127 Marion Street in East Boston, Massachusetts. It now acts as Section 8 housing for elderly or disabled people.
Old East Boston High School | |
 View of the Old East Boston High School façade. | |
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| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°22′36″N 71°02′12″W / 42.3768°N 71.0368°W |
| Built | 1901 |
| Architect | John Lyman Faxon; Charles R. Greco |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000127 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 15, 2006 |
This building is currently under consideration for Boston Landmark status by the Boston Landmarks Commission.
The Renaissance style school was built in 1901 to a design by John Lyman Faxon and expanded in 1933 to a design by Charles R. Greco. It is a three-story structure, faced in yellow brick and limestone, with a flat roof and a raised basement. It is roughly in the shape of an H, with a central section that has side wings projecting to both the front and rear. A circular auditorium section stands behind the central section.[2]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Old East Boston High School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
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