Osborn Street School

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Osborn Street School
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Location Fall River, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°41′33″N71°10′01″W / 41.6924°N 71.1669°W / 41.6924; -71.1669 Coordinates: 41°41′33″N71°10′01″W / 41.6924°N 71.1669°W / 41.6924; -71.1669
Built1893
Architect Frank Irving Cooper
Architectural styleRomanesque
MPS Fall River MRA
NRHP reference No. 83000699 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1983

The Osborn Street School is a historic school building located at 160 Osborn Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. It was built in 1893, to replace an earlier schoolhouse on the same site. It also briefly served as the city's normal school for training new teachers before it was moved to the William S. Greene School. [2]

The school was one of nine new grammar schools built in the city during the 1890s. It was designed by Frank Irving Cooper, who also designed the similar Coughlin School, along with many other schools throughout New England. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [3]

The Osborn Street School was one of about a dozen elementary schools closed in June 2008 by the city. Students were transferred to the newly built Carlton M. Vivieros Elementary School. [4]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Annual Report of the Public Schools
  3. MHC Inventory Form
  4. "Fall River School Department". Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2013-12-07.