{"nrhp_refnum":"07001487","name":"District 7 School","other_names":["Chicopee School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Chicopee Row","address_restricted":false,"city":"Groton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.631691551000074,"lon":-71.54786058899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-01-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story vernacular brick district schoolhouse with Federal-style elements on Chicopee Row in Groton, Massachusetts, built about 1833 by builder Peter Nutting on the site of an 18th-century schoolhouse. It has a wood-frame front porch and a detached outhouse.","why_significant":"It is one of four surviving former district schools in Groton, out of 14 at the time of its construction. It is the only one that keeps its school design and interior features and the only one not converted to housing. Its long civic use as a school and then a meeting place supports Criterion A, and its brick construction, intact plan and symmetrical openings support Criterion C.","narrative":"District 7 School, later called the Chicopee School, is a small brick schoolhouse on rural Chicopee Row in Groton, Massachusetts. Built around 1833 by Peter Nutting on the site of an earlier wooden schoolhouse, it has a symmetrical three-bay front, paired entry doors, a wood-frame enclosed porch and a detached 19th-century outhouse. Inside, a single schoolroom keeps plaster walls, beaded wainscoting, blackboards, a wood stove and a late 19th-century remodeling. Students of the district were taught here until 1916, when schools were centralized. The building then became a meeting place and social hall, and it still serves that role. It is one of four surviving district schools in town, out of 14 once in use, and the only one that retains its school features and has not been turned into a home. Its long community use and its Federal-influenced vernacular design account for its listing. The school fund that maintains it dates to a bequest made in 1785.","period_of_significance":"1833-1957","architect_builder":"Peter Nutting, builder","architectural_style":"Vernacular; Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a school from 1833 to 1916, then as a social hall and meeting place, a use that continues. The building is described as in excellent structural condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.558131-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/7958/63795893/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/07001487.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001487/df95f4ecf4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001487/df95f4ecf4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GrotonMA_District7School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GrotonMA_District7School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795893","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_7_School_(Groton,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5283267"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/district-7-school-07001487/"}