Oak Square School

Oak Square School
Oak Square School
Oak Square School is located in Massachusetts
Location: 35 Nonantum St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°21′0.3″N 71°10′7.4″W / 42.350083°N 71.168722°W / 42.350083; -71.168722Coordinates: 42°21′0.3″N 71°10′7.4″W / 42.350083°N 71.168722°W / 42.350083; -71.168722
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1894
Architect: Edmund March Wheelwright
Architectural style: Colonial Revival
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 80000465[1]
Added to NRHP: November 10, 1980
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Oak Square School is a historic school at 35 Nonantum Street in Brighton, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston.

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 added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Plaque on site photographed November 11, 2009.