Cambridge Street School

Cambridge Street School
Location 510 Cambridge St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′37″N 71°48′38″W / 42.24361°N 71.81056°WCoordinates: 42°14′37″N 71°48′38″W / 42.24361°N 71.81056°W
Built 1869
Architect Elbridge Boyden
Architectural style Second Empire, Romanesque, Gothic Revival
Governing body Private
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP Reference #

80000484

[1]
Added to NRHP March 05, 1980

The Cambridge Street School is a historic school building at 510 Cambridge Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is notable in that part of its structure includes the only surviving unaltered Second Empire school building in the city. There were three phases of construction, beginning in 1869 with the front section, a three story mansard-roofed brick building designed by local architect Elbridge Boyden. In 1890 the school was expanded by the construction of a second brick building, a 2.5 story Romanesque Revival building, at the back of the property. In 1916 the first building was altered by the addition of a full three story Gothic Revival addition to its back. The building served Worcester's public school students until 1976; the city sold the building in 1978.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Cambridge Street School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-09.