Oak Square School

Oak Square School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	35 Nonantum St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′00″N 71°10′08″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1894
Architect	Edmund March Wheelwright
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	80000465[1]
Added to NRHP	November 10, 1980

Oak Square School is a historic school building at 35 Nonantum Street in Brighton, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

The school was designed by Edmund March Wheelwright, who designed a wide variety of Boston landmark buildings. It was built in 1894 on the site of Breck Gardens and had a major addition in 1923. When it closed in 1981, it was the last wood schoolhouse in Boston. It was converted to housing in 1984.^[2]

It was designated a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1979 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Plaque on site photographed November 11, 2009.

External links

• City of Boston, Boston Landmarks CommissionOak Square School Study Report