Pine Street School
Pine Street School (Northfield, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Pine Street School (Northfield, Massachusetts)
Pine Street School (Northfield, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
Pine Street School (Northfield, Massachusetts)
Location13 Pine St., Northfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°42′32″N 72°26′50″W / 42.70889°N 72.44722°W / 42.70889; -72.44722
Arealess than one acre
ArchitectAugustus W. Holton
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.02000156[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 13, 2002

The Pine Street School is a historic schoolhouse at 13 Pine Street in Northfield, Massachusetts. The school was built in 1904 and served as such until 1940, and represents a well-preserved specimen of an early 20th-century school building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

Description and history

The Pine Street School is located north of the village center of Northfield, on the south side of Pine Street east of Main Street. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a clapboarded exterior and crossed gable-on-hip roof. The central portion of the roof is truncated, with a square section surrounded by a low balustrade, next to the brick chimney. The main entrance is sheltered by a porch with square posts and a plain balustrade above. On the first floor it has a large vestibule, with hanging hooks for student coats. Doors lead into two equally sized classrooms which still have original electrical fixtures, wooden bead-board wainscoting, and plaster walls. Stairs from the vestibule lead up to a third, larger classroom.[2]

The building was designed by Westfield architect Augustus W. Holton in 1903,[3] and was completed in 1904. It was the first of Northfield's schools to have indoor plumbing and central heating. The building was used as a schoolhouse from its construction until 1940, when a fire destroyed the town's Center School. The town then consolidated the elementary grades into a newly built Center School building. The Pine Street school building has served as the town museum since 1943.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Pine Street School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  3. ↑ School Board Journal July 1903: 30.
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