Sarah J. Baker School

Sarah J. Baker School
Location 33 Perrin Street,
Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°19′20″N 71°4′48″W / 42.32222°N 71.08000°W / 42.32222; -71.08000Coordinates: 42°19′20″N 71°4′48″W / 42.32222°N 71.08000°W / 42.32222; -71.08000
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1905 (1905)
Architect Julius Schweinfurth; John J. Craig
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
Part of Moreland Street Historic District (#84002890)
NRHP reference # 83004285[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 7, 1983
Designated CP March 29, 1984

The Sarah J. Baker School is an historic school building in Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1905 by a prominent local architect, it is a well-preserved example of early 20th-century Romanesque Revival school architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983,[1] and was included in the Moreland Street Historic District in 1984.[2] It has been converted to elderly housing.[3]

Description and history

The former Sarah J. Baker School building is located in a residential area of eastern Roxbury, on the west side of Perrin Street between Waverly and Moreland Streets. It is a 3-1/2 story masonry structure, built with load-bearing brick walls trimmed in limestone, and set on a tall basement. It has an H-shaped layout, with a substantial center flanked by projecting wings. There are no windows on the front-facing ends of the wings outside the basement level, which is separated from the other floors by a stone water table. Building corners feature brickwork that is quoin-like in appearance. Windows on the central section are set in rectangular openings on the first two floors, and round-arch openings on the third; the first-floor windows are topped by stone keystones. Building entrances are set at the ends of the central section.[2]

The building was designed by architect Julius Schweinfurth and was built in 1905.[3] It was named for the first female school principal in the Boston Public Schools, and was one of five schools designed for the city by Schweinfurth, who had previously worked as a draftsman at Peabody and Stearns.[2]


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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "NRHP nomination for Sarah J. Baker School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  3. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Moreland Street Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
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