{"nrhp_refnum":"80000674","name":"Garrison, William Lloyd, School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20 Hutchings St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.309503593000045,"lon":-71.08881342299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick public school at 20 Hutchings Street in the Roxbury area of Boston, Massachusetts, built in four stages between 1910 and 1929 and designed mainly by Newhall and Blevins.","why_significant":"It is a significant example of the work of the well-known Boston firm Newhall and Blevins. It is also a good example of early twentieth-century school planning, including the advanced German plan with large, well-lit and ventilated classrooms. It was planned for expansion, reflects Boston's rapid population growth and commitment to public education, and was published in a 1914 volume of notable grade schools.","narrative":"Located near Franklin Park in Boston's Roxbury area, the William Lloyd Garrison School is a two-story brick schoolhouse built in four stages between 1910 and 1929. Boston architects Newhall and Blevins designed the original wing, an L-shaped addition and an assembly hall, and A.J. Carpenter designed the 1929 extension. The courtyard elevations show English Tudor influence, with steep gables, cartouches, medieval-style windows, buttress-like details and an octagonal tower. Classrooms follow the German plan, with large rooms and tall windows for light and ventilation. The building was planned from the start for expansion and forms a coherent whole. It was listed as a good example of early twentieth-century school planning, built when Boston was erecting many schools for a fast-growing population, and as a notable work of a firm known for courtyard apartment buildings. A 1914 national volume of grade school buildings published it. Its conversion to apartments was under way at the time of nomination.","period_of_significance":"1910-29","architect_builder":"Newhall and Blevins (Louis Chapell Newhall and Albert H. Blevins); 1929 extension by A.J. Carpenter","architectural_style":"English Tudor-influenced school design","criteria":[],"status_note":"Being renovated for use as an apartment complex; the only significant exterior alteration is the loss of the tower's metal dome.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.591143-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/7968/63796899/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000674.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000674/33e461edd1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000674/33e461edd1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Lloyd_Garrison_School,_Roxbury_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Lloyd_Garrison_School,_Roxbury_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796899","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lloyd_Garrison_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8014642"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/garrison-william-lloyd-school-80000674/"}