Theodore Lyman School

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Theodore Lyman School
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Location Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′19″N71°02′16″W / 42.3720°N 71.0378°W / 42.3720; -71.0378 Coordinates: 42°22′19″N71°02′16″W / 42.3720°N 71.0378°W / 42.3720; -71.0378
Built1869
ArchitectGridley James Fox Bryant
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 14000975 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 2014

The Theodore Lyman School is a historic former school building at 30 Gove Street in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is a three-story red brick building, designed by Gridley James Fox Bryant. It was built in 1869, and rebuilt after a fire severely damaged it just two years later. The school was named for Boston's fifth mayor, Theodore Lyman (1792-1849), and was a major element of East Boston's development in the mid-19th century. The school served as a public elementary school in the 1970s until damaged by fire and close in 1980. [2] The building was converted into elderly housing in 1984. [3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [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. NPS Form 10-900-Theodore Lyman School(PDF) https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/14000975.pdf . Retrieved 22 January 2021.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "MACRIS inventory record for Theodore Lyman School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-12-15.