Old East Boston High School Explained

Old East Boston High School
Location:Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.3768°N -71.0368°W
Built:1901
Architect:John Lyman Faxon
Charles R. Greco
Architecture:Renaissance
Added:March 15, 2006
Refnum:06000127

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.

This building is currently under consideration for Boston Landmark status by the Boston Landmarks Commission.

The Renaissance style school was built in 1901 to a design by John Lyman Faxon and expanded in 1933 to a design by Charles R. Greco. It is a three-story structure, faced in yellow brick and limestone, with a flat roof and a raised basement. It is roughly in the shape of an H, with a central section that has side wings projecting to both the front and rear. A circular auditorium section stands behind the central section.[1]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Old East Boston High School. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-06-02.