{"nrhp_refnum":"10000004","name":"Pond Street School","other_names":["Alice E. Fulton School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"235 Pond St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Weymouth","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.16473616500008,"lon":-70.96138913599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Colonial Revival school building at 235 Pond Street in South Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, built in 1928 with additions in 1953 and 1958, and since converted to senior apartments.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school reflects Weymouth's growing population in the southern part of town and its efforts in public education in the early to mid 20th century (Criterion A). It also presents the building as an excellent, well-preserved example of Colonial Revival school architecture with an H-shaped \"alphabet\" plan, tied to Boston architect Howard B.S. Prescott (Criterion C).","narrative":"Pond Street School, at 235 Pond Street in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, is a brick Colonial Revival school opened in January 1929 for grades one through six. Boston architect Howard B.S. Prescott designed the original H-shaped building, and James Miles and Sons of Worcester built it. Additions in 1953 and 1958, the first by Collens, Willis & Beckonert, closely matched the original design and responded to population growth after the Naval Air Station was established nearby. The school was renamed the Alice E. Fulton School in honor of its first principal. A 1967 gymnasium was removed in 2008 and replaced by a new apartment wing, and the building now provides senior housing. It was listed for its link to Weymouth's public education efforts and for its well-preserved Colonial Revival design. Surviving features include original classroom closets, wainscot, tin ceilings on the second floor, and blind round-arched windows with keystones on the corner pavilions.","period_of_significance":"1928-1959","architect_builder":"Prescott, Howard B.S.; Miles, James S. and Sons; Collens, Willis & Beckonert","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Converted to apartments for seniors in a rehabilitation completed in November 2009; the 1967 gymnasium was demolished in 2008 and replaced with a new 2½-story apartment wing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.223863-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/82/7962/63796282/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/10000004.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000004/298d2be40e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000004/298d2be40e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WeymouthMA_PondStreetSchool.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:WeymouthMA_PondStreetSchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796282","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pond_Street_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16898689"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/pond-street-school-10000004/"}