{"nrhp_refnum":"05000876","name":"District 7 School House","other_names":["Primary School #4","School House #4"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"565 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hanson","county":"Plymouth County","state":"MA","lat":42.04043970200007,"lon":-70.86225794499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Greek Revival wood-frame schoolhouse at 565 Main Street, Hanson, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, built in 1845 as the District 7 School House and later known as Primary School #4 or School House #4.","why_significant":"It is Hanson's oldest surviving schoolhouse and is tied to the growth and reorganization of the town's public school system. It is significant under Criterion A for education and Criterion C for its Greek Revival architecture and well-preserved interior finishes. It remains in public ownership despite three moves and an 1882 expansion.","narrative":"Built in 1845 as the District 7 School House, this one-story Greek Revival schoolhouse at 565 Main Street is the oldest surviving school building in Hanson, Massachusetts. It has a gabled roof, clapboard walls, a granite block foundation and twin front entries. Inside, the single schoolroom keeps plaster walls, canvas-covered blackboards, a pressed-metal ceiling and an iron stove from its school years. The building has changed with the town's school system. It was moved in 1867 and again in 1939, and about eight feet were added to the north end in 1882 to create two anterooms. Town reports from the 1870s and 1880s describe it as cramped and in need of enlargement. It has stayed in public ownership and now serves as a museum and meeting place for the Hanson Historical Society. Its period of significance runs from 1845 to 1955, and it retains good historic integrity.","period_of_significance":"1845-1955","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"In excellent condition and used as a museum and meeting place by the Hanson Historical Society, which leases it from the town.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.592438-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/7965/63796586/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/05000876.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000876/576b6b3b14-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000876/576b6b3b14-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:School_House_4,_Hanson_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:School_House_4,_Hanson_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796586","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_7_School_(Hanson,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5283269"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/plymouth-county/district-7-school-house-05000876/"}