Emery Grover Building

The Emery Grover Building is a historic structure at 1330 Highland Avenue in downtown Needham, Massachusetts. It currently houses administration offices for the Needham Public Schools, including the office of Daniel E. Gutekanst, Superintendent of Schools.[2]

Emery Grover Building
Emery Grover Building
LocationNeedham, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°16′59″N 71°14′10″W
Built1898
ArchitectWhitman & Hood
Architectural styleRenaissance, Other
NRHP reference No.87001393 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 20, 1987

Built in 1898 in the Italian Renaissance Revival architectural style from a design by Whitman & Hood, the symmetrical tan brick building features an upper arcade of six Georgian Revival windows, an arched center entrance stoop flanked by multi-paned Diocletian windows, arched wings, and a curved pediment dormer crown sporting the Needham Public Schools seal.

The Emery Grover Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[3]

In 2010, the Boston architectural firm of Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype Inc. conducted a feasibility study for the building's restoration and renovation as a downtown senior center. The firm estimated the rehabilitation cost at $8.6 million, $2.5 million of which could come from the Community Preservation Act.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Needham Public Schools official website: Superintendent's Office
  3. "Go Historic: Emery Grover Building, Needham". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  4. "Emery Grover Feasibility Study Online," Needham Patch
  5. "Needham Senior Center: architect says Emery Grover problems 'solvable'," WickedLocal.com, Aug. 18, 2010


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