| Sarah J. Baker School | |
| Location: | 33 Perrin Street, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates: | 42.3222°N -71.08°W |
| Area: | 1acres |
| Architect: | Julius Schweinfurth
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| Architecture: | Romanesque Revival |
| Added: | July 7, 1983 |
| Refnum: | 83004285 |
| Nrhp Type2: | cp |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Designated Nrhp Type2: | March 29, 1984 |
| Partof: | Moreland Street Historic District |
| Partof Refnum: | 84002890 |
The Sarah J. Baker School is an historic school building in Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1905 by a prominent local architect, it is a well-preserved example of early 20th-century Romanesque Revival school architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and was included in the Moreland Street Historic District in 1984.[1] It has been converted to elderly housing.[2]
The former Sarah J. Baker School building is located in a residential area of eastern Roxbury, on the west side of Perrin Street between Waverly and Moreland Streets. It is a -story masonry structure, built with load-bearing brick walls trimmed in limestone, and set on a tall basement. It has an H-shaped layout, with a substantial center flanked by projecting wings. There are no windows on the front-facing ends of the wings outside the basement level, which is separated from the other floors by a stone water table. Building corners feature brickwork that is quoin-like in appearance. Windows on the central section are set in rectangular openings on the first two floors, and round-arch openings on the third; the first-floor windows are topped by stone keystones. Building entrances are set at the ends of the central section.[1]
The building was designed by architect Julius Schweinfurth and was built in 1905.[2] It was named for the first female school principal in the Boston Public Schools, and was one of five schools designed for the city by Schweinfurth, who had previously worked as a draftsman at Peabody and Stearns.[1]