{"nrhp_refnum":"00000039","name":"Corcoran School","other_names":["School House No. 10","Walnut Street No. 10"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"40 Walnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clinton","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.41688113600003,"lon":-71.68363950599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story red brick former grammar school at 40 Walnut Street, Clinton, Massachusetts, on the southwest corner of Walnut and Church Streets facing the town common. It was designed by Charles J. Bateman in 1899 and completed in 1900.","why_significant":"The school is tied to Clinton's public school system and the town's growth as a manufacturing center, and it was by far the town's largest grammar school when built. It is also a representative, intact work of Boston architect Charles J. Bateman in a transitional Queen Anne/Classical Revival style. It is the only public school building still standing in the common's historic area.","narrative":"Corcoran School is a substantial red brick schoolhouse at the corner of Walnut and Church Streets in Clinton, Massachusetts, facing the four-acre town common. Boston architect Charles J. Bateman designed it in 1899, and it opened in 1900 as a public grammar school. Its slate roof, pedimented dormers, four corner cupolas, bluestone trim and Ionic-columned entrance portico blend Queen Anne form with Classical Revival detail. Inside, a cross-plan layout places a classroom at each corner of the first and second floors, and a third-floor assembly hall seated 450. The site had held two earlier schools, from 1846 and 1854. The new building had twice the footprint of its predecessor and was the town's largest grammar school, reflecting Clinton's rapid growth as a manufacturing center. It is notable for its role in the town's public education and as an intact example of turn-of-the-century school architecture. It was named in 1918 for John W. Corcoran, a longtime school committee chairman. The building is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1900-1949","architect_builder":"Charles J. Bateman","architectural_style":"Late 19th/Early 20th Century Revival: Colonial Revival on a Queen Anne form","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The description notes a metal gate across the front portico to secure the vacant building; the interior retains its classrooms and third-floor assembly hall.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.688054-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/7973/63797342/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/00000039.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000039/0279c9d428-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000039/0279c9d428-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corcoran_School_Clinton_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corcoran_School_Clinton_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797342","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corcoran_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5169852"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/corcoran-school-00000039/"}