Oak Square School Explained

Oak Square School
Location:35 Nonantum St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.3501°N -71.1688°W
Built:1894
Architect:Edmund March Wheelwright
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:November 10, 1980
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:80000465

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.[1]

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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  1. Plaque on site photographed November 11, 2009.