{"nrhp_refnum":"10000056","name":"Ingraham, Robert C., School","other_names":["Ingraham Integrated Preschool"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"80 Rivet St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bedford","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":43.42258708300005,"lon":-70.97811575399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-03-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story red-brick Romanesque Revival school at 80 Rivet Street in the south end of New Bedford, Massachusetts, built in 1901 and designed by local architect Samuel C. Hunt.","why_significant":"The school is argued to be significant under Criteria A and C at the local level. It was part of a community development effort to serve the educational needs of a rapidly growing immigrant mill population in New Bedford's south end. It is also a prime example of early 20th-century public school architecture and one of five New Bedford schools designed by Hunt.","narrative":"Robert C. Ingraham School is a three-story, red-brick Romanesque Revival building occupying a full city block at 80 Rivet Street in New Bedford's south end. Designed by local architect Samuel C. Hunt, it opened in September 1901 with twelve classrooms and an assembly hall. It was built to relieve overcrowding as textile mills, including the Potomska Mill, drew large numbers of immigrant workers and their families to the neighborhood. Its granite foundation, segmental-arched windows, dogtooth brick beltcourses, corbelled cornices and slate roof remain central features, although the windows and doors have been replaced. The school served as an elementary school until 1977, was used for storage until 1992, and then operated as a preschool until 2006. It is now vacant, with redevelopment plans that include affordable housing. It was listed for its local significance in architecture and in the community's educational and social development, with a period of significance from 1900 to 1960.","period_of_significance":"1900-1960","architect_builder":"Samuel C. Hunt","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacant with plans for mixed-use redevelopment including affordable housing, a community room and commercial programming space; the building is described as in sound condition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.150272-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/7944/63794468/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/10000056.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000056/d6a14f3993-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000056/d6a14f3993-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewBedfordMA_IngrahamSchool.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:NewBedfordMA_IngrahamSchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794468","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Ingraham_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16899391"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/ingraham-robert-c-school-10000056/"}