Charles A. Daniels School

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Charles A. Daniels School
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Location Malden, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°25′44″N71°3′13″W / 42.42889°N 71.05361°W / 42.42889; -71.05361 Coordinates: 42°25′44″N71°3′13″W / 42.42889°N 71.05361°W / 42.42889; -71.05361
Area5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built1907
ArchitectBrainerd & Leeds
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No. 86003562 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 6, 1987

The Charles A. Daniels School is a historic school building on Daniels Street in Malden, Massachusetts. The Tudor Revival style brick building was constructed in 1907 to a design by Warren Hutchins. The building has a large central block that is three stories high, with a gabled roof, and flanking flat-roofed wings of two stories that project from the main facade. It has a particularly ornate limestone entrance portico. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1] It now contains apartments.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Charles A. Daniels School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-25.