{"nrhp_refnum":"02000082","name":"Teaticket School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"340 Teaticket Hwy, MA 28 at Sandwich Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Falmouth","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":41.568736467000036,"lon":-70.61320632086847,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-02-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1927-28 Colonial Revival brick schoolhouse at 340 Teaticket Highway (Route 28) at Sandwich Road in the village of Teaticket, Falmouth, Massachusetts, designed by the Fitchburg firm Haynes & Mason. It now serves as the school administration building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school initiated Falmouth's move to large, consolidated elementary schools and was the town's second modern masonry schoolhouse. It is a well-detailed example of Colonial Revival school architecture. It also served as a centerpiece of the village's Portuguese-American community, where many learned English and American culture to gain citizenship.","narrative":"Built in 1927-28 on a rise at the junction of Route 28 and Sandwich Road, this red brick schoolhouse in Teaticket village, Falmouth, was designed by the Fitchburg firm Haynes & Mason. It is a T-plan Colonial Revival building under a slate roof with a central cupola, cast stone quoins, a wooden modillion cornice and a pedimented front portico holding a round clock. The clock was offered by a local Portuguese family as a memorial to a son. It was the town's second large masonry school and the first to serve elementary grades, beginning a trend toward consolidated schools. Beyond classroom teaching, it became a focus for the village's Portuguese-American community, where many learned English and American customs to gain citizenship. In the 1960s it became the school administration building; windows, doors and portico columns were replaced and classrooms were partitioned, but maple floors, pressed tin ceilings and blackboards survive. Its significance runs from 1927 to 1951.","period_of_significance":"1927-1951","architect_builder":"Haynes & Mason","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Converted in the 1960s to the school administration building; it remains in use for government offices, with classrooms subdivided into offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.761727-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/7940/63794041/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/02000082.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000082/3d0bbc8ea0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000082/3d0bbc8ea0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"WestFalmouth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teaticket_School,_340_Teaticket_Hwy,_Falmouth,_MA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">WestFalmouth</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teaticket_School,_340_Teaticket_Hwy,_Falmouth,_MA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794041","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaticket_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7691874"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/teaticket-school-02000082/"}