Pine Street School (Northfield, Massachusetts)

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Pine Street School
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Location13 Pine St., Northfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°42′32″N72°26′50″W / 42.70889°N 72.44722°W / 42.70889; -72.44722
Arealess than one acre
Architect Augustus W. Holton
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 02000156 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 13, 2002

The Pine Street School is a historic schoolhouse at 13 Pine Street in Northfield, Massachusetts. The school was built in 1904 and served as such until 1940, and represents a well-preserved specimen of an early 20th-century school building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

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Description and history

The Pine Street School is located north of the village center of Northfield, on the south side of Pine Street east of Main Street. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a clapboarded exterior and crossed gable-on-hip roof. The central portion of the roof is truncated, with a square section surrounded by a low balustrade, next to the brick chimney. The main entrance is sheltered by a porch with square posts and a plain balustrade above. On the first floor it has a large vestibule, with hanging hooks for student coats. Doors lead into two equally sized classrooms which still have original electrical fixtures, wooden bead-board wainscoting, and plaster walls. Stairs from the vestibule lead up to a third, larger classroom. [2]

The building was designed by Westfield architect Augustus W. Holton in 1903, [3] and was completed in 1904. It was the first of Northfield's schools to have indoor plumbing and central heating. The building was used as a schoolhouse from its construction until 1940, when a fire destroyed the town's Center School. The town then consolidated the elementary grades into a newly built Center School building. The Pine Street school building has served as the town museum since 1943. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Pine Street School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  3. School Board Journal July 1903: 30.