Intermediate Building

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Intermediate Building
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Location Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°18′38.5″N71°16′31.5″W / 42.310694°N 71.275417°W / 42.310694; -71.275417
Built1894
Architect Hartwell and Richardson
NRHP reference No. 81000112 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 27, 1981
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The Intermediate Building is a historic municipal building at 324 Washington Street in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. Designed by architects Hartwell and Richardson, and completed in 1894, it is a two-story brick building with Romanesque styling. It has a hip roof pierced by hip-roof dormers, the central one larger than those flanking it. Windows on the first floor have segmented-arch tops, while those on the second level are rectangular. A terra cotta stringcourse separates the first and second levels. The building served as the first Wellesley High School, and later as an annex to Town Hall. [2] It is now Phillips Park Apartments for senior citizens.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [1]

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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 Intermediate Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-09.