{"nrhp_refnum":"80000546","name":"Dartmouth Street School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"13 Dartmouth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.25795767900007,"lon":-71.78101551099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick grammar schoolhouse at 13 Dartmouth Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, built in 1894 and expanded eastward in 1908, designed by George Clemence. It is owned by the City of Worcester.","why_significant":"The building is significant for its architecture and for its role in community development. It is virtually identical to the central portion of the 1891 Elizabeth Street Schoolhouse, also by Clemence. It was built in an area that later filled with three-decker apartment houses, and its 1908 addition echoes the original decorative motifs.","narrative":"Dartmouth Street Schoolhouse at 13 Dartmouth Street in Worcester is a brick grammar school designed by architect George Clemence. The western section dates from 1894 and features an entry tower with an arched entrance, roundels, tri-partite arched windows and a high pyramidal roof. The main body has tall arched window surrounds on the second storey, brick diapering, a slate-covered hip roof and eyebrow dormers. It is nearly identical to the central part of the Elizabeth Street Schoolhouse of 1891, also by Clemence. The school stood in a neighborhood that was extensively developed with three-decker apartment houses in the early twentieth century. In 1908 a two-storey addition extended the building eastward, repeating the arched window surrounds and brick diapering but topped with a flat roof and stepped parapet. Owned by the City of Worcester, the building still serves as a school and has not been altered since 1908. Its architectural character and its place in the neighborhood's growth support its listing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"George Clemence","architectural_style":"Eclectic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Presently in use as a schoolhouse; unaltered since 1908.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.247984-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/7929/63792919/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000546.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000546/158fd778f3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000546/158fd778f3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dartmouth_Street_School,_Worcester_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:Dartmouth_Street_School,_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792919","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_Street_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5225732"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/dartmouth-street-school-80000546/"}