{"nrhp_refnum":"80000484","name":"Cambridge Street School","other_names":["Cambridge Street Schoolhouses nos. 1 &amp","2"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"510 Cambridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.24374344200004,"lon":-71.80996226399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A school complex at 510 Cambridge Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, made up of two schoolhouses built in three phases: an 1869 Second Empire building, an 1890 free-standing Romanesque Revival schoolhouse, and a 1916 Gothic Revival addition.","why_significant":"The 1869 front section is described as Worcester's only Second Empire school house to have escaped major alteration. It was designed by Elbridge Boyden and resembles his other larger school buildings. The additions reflect population growth in South Worcester as industry and carpet manufacturing expanded.","narrative":"Three building campaigns shaped this school complex at 510 Cambridge Street in Worcester. The oldest part, completed in 1869 from plans by Elbridge Boyden, is a two-storey brick building with a third storey under a slate mansard roof, a symmetrical facade with projecting center and end pavilions, an original entry porch and decorative brickwork at the cornice. It is described as the only Second Empire school house in Worcester to escape major alteration. In 1890 a second, free-standing brick schoolhouse with a square plan, hip roof and brown sandstone trim was added at the rear, using Romanesque Revival features. A three-storey brick and tile Gothic style addition followed in 1916. The school served South Worcester, which grew after Southbridge Street was extended in the mid-1850s and as railroads, industry and carpet manufacturing drew residents. Classes continued until 1976, and the city sold the property in 1978.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Elgridge Boyden (1869)","architectural_style":"Second Empire (1869); Romanesque Revival (1890); Gothic Revival (1916)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is vacant; the school remained in use until 1976 and the city sold the property in 1978.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.30929-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/7929/63792987/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000484.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000484/c891a21533-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000484/c891a21533-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cambridge_St._School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pvmoutside</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:Cambridge_St._School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792987","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Street_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5025542"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/cambridge-street-school-80000484/"}