{"nrhp_refnum":"80000562","name":"Bloomingdale School","other_names":["Bloomingdale Schoolhouse"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"327 Plantation St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.27062705900005,"lon":-71.77102443099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick grammar school building at 327 Plantation Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built in 1896 with a four-classroom addition in 1916. It is owned by the City of Worcester and still used as a school.","why_significant":"The nomination points to its architecture, a vaguely Romanesque Revival design with two small tower-like bays flanking a keystone entry arch. It also notes its role in education and community development. No architect was named in the school committee reports, and no similar local school allows an attribution.","narrative":"Bloomingdale School, at 327 Plantation Street in Worcester, is a brick grammar school built in 1896 for the City of Worcester. The two-and-one-half-storey front section has a slate-covered hip roof and a symmetrical east facade. A central entry arch, with a keystone inscribed 1896, sits between two semi-octagonal bays. These bays resemble small towers, with recessed wall panels, arched second-floor windows, modillioned cornices and octagonal roofs topped by copper finials. Sandstone trim accents the brick. In 1916 a two-storey addition of red brick and sandstone with a flat roof added four classrooms to the original four; the addition had been part of the 1896 plan. Plans and elevations were published in school committee reports, but no architect was named, and the building may have come from a local firm. It is described as vaguely Romanesque Revival and has served as a school throughout its history. A separate 1928 Colonial Revival schoolhouse behind it is not part of the significance.","period_of_significance":"1896-1916","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vaguely Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a school; the form records no alterations and no moves.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.303517-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/7929/63792983/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000562.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000562/a0b267ba0e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000562/a0b267ba0e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bloomingdale_School_Worcester_MA.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:Bloomingdale_School_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792983","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomingdale_School_(Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4928319"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/bloomingdale-school-80000562/"}