Oak Square School

Oak Square School
Location 35 Nonantum St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′00″N 71°10′08″W / 42.3501°N 71.1688°W / 42.3501; -71.1688Coordinates: 42°21′00″N 71°10′08″W / 42.3501°N 71.1688°W / 42.3501; -71.1688
Area less than one acre
Built 1894
Architect Edmund March Wheelwright
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 80000465[1]
Added to NRHP November 10, 1980

Oak Square School is a historic school building at 35 Nonantum Street in Brighton, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

The school was designed by Edmund March Wheelwright, who designed a wide variety of Boston landmark buildings. It was built in 1894 on the site of Breck Gardens and had a major addition in 1923. When it closed in 1981, it was the last wood schoolhouse in Boston. It was converted to housing in 1984.[2]

It was designated a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1979 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Plaque on site photographed November 11, 2009.
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