Emery Grover Building | |
| Emery Grover Building | |
| Location | 1330 Highland Avenue, Needham, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°16′59″N71°14′10″W / 42.28306°N 71.23611°W |
| Built | 1898 |
| Architect | Whitman & Hood |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001393 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 20, 1987 |
The Emery Grover Building is a historic structure in downtown Needham, Massachusetts. It currently houses administration offices for the Needham Public Schools, including the office of Daniel E. Gutekanst, Superintendent of Schools. [2]
Built in 1898 in the Italian Renaissance Revival architectural style from a design by Whitman & Hood, the symmetrical tan brick building features an upper arcade of six Georgian Revival windows, an arched center entrance stoop flanked by multi-paned Diocletian windows, arched wings, and a curved pediment dormer crown sporting the Needham Public Schools seal.
The Emery Grover Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [3]
In 2010, the Boston architectural firm of Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype Inc. conducted a feasibility study for the building's restoration and renovation as a downtown senior center. The firm estimated the rehabilitation cost at $8.6 million, $2.5 million of which could come from the Community Preservation Act. [4] [5]
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