Old East Boston High School

Not to be confused with East Boston High School.
Old East Boston High School
View of the Old East Boston High School façade.
Location Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′36″N 71°02′12″W / 42.3768°N 71.0368°WCoordinates: 42°22′36″N 71°02′12″W / 42.3768°N 71.0368°W
Built 1901
Architect John Lymon Faxon; Charles Reggio Greco
Architectural style Renaissance
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 06000127 [1]
Added to NRHP March 15, 2006

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.

The Renaissance style school was built in 1901 to a design by John Lymon Faxon and expanded in 1933 to a design by Charles Reggio Greco.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[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 Old East Boston High School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-02.