Built 1895 Architectural style Renaissance Added to NRHP January 3, 1985 | Architect Richmond,Francis R. NRHP Reference # 85000025 | |
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The South Main Street School is an historic school building at 11 Acushnet Avenue in the South End of Springfield, Massachusetts. The Renaissance style building was constructed in 1895 in response to rising enrollments. It replaced a three-room schoolhouse, built c. 1840, that was nearby. The new school was built by contractors A.A. and S.T. Ball and was completed in 1897. The architect was Francis Richmond, who had designed several other school buildings for the city. The building served as an elementary school into the mid-1970s, and was briefly used for special education classes thereafter. It was finally vacated by the school system in 1982.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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