Levi F. Warren Jr. High School

Levi Warren Jr. High School
Levi F. Warren Jr. High School
Location 1600 Washington St., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°20′36″N 71°14′07″W / 42.3432°N 71.2354°WCoordinates: 42°20′36″N 71°14′07″W / 42.3432°N 71.2354°W
Area Building: 68,362 square feet; land: 168,479 square feet (15,652.2 m2)
Built 1927
Architect Ripley and LeBoutillier
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
Governing body Private (Warren House Associates, c/o Newton Community Development)
MPS Newton MRA
NRHP Reference # 90000032[1]
Added to NRHP February 16, 1990

The Levi F. Warren Jr. High School is a former public junior high school building (grades 7–9) located at 1600 Washington Street, in the village of West Newton, in Newton, Massachusetts. It was named for Levi F. Warren, who graduated in 1854 from what is now Bridgewater State College and taught 21 years in grammar schools in Salem and in Newton, where he was a principal in West Newton. Built in 1927 of redbrick, it was designed in a mixture of the Colonial Revival and Georgian Revival styles by noted Boston architects Ripley and LeBoutillier. On March 16, 1990, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

The Levi F. Warren Jr. High building, now called Warren House, is divided into 59 rental apartments and sits on a smaller parcel of 168,479 square feet (15,652.2 m2) carved out of the original school property.[2] The remaining school property on the east, south and west totals 459,769 square feet (42,713.9 m2) and is still owned by the City of Newton and is used for parks and recreational purposes.[3]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ Newton Community Development Foundation, Inc. _ Our properties
  3. ↑ City of Newton, Mass. - Maps

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