Pleasant Street School (Ayer, Massachusetts)

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Location Ayer, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°33′51″N71°35′15″W / 42.56417°N 71.58750°W / 42.56417; -71.58750
Area2.75 acres (1.11 ha)
Built1893
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 86000094 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 23, 1986

The Pleasant Street School is a historic school building on Pleasant Street in Ayer, Massachusetts. It is a 2+12-story Colonial Revival building, with a hip roof pierced by wide gabled dormers with bands of small windows. It was constructed in 1893 to a design by Boston architect Charles E. Parks and is one of the oldest school buildings in the town. It was enlarged in 1906, doubling it in size. It served as a public school until 1984. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [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 Pleasant Street School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-03.