{"nrhp_refnum":"80001683","name":"Dillaway School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"16-20 Kenilworth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.32881474700008,"lon":-71.08666140599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick school building with stone trim at 16-20 Kenilworth Street in the Roxbury Highlands section of Boston, built in 1882-83 and designed by George A. Clough.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a fine example of late 19th-century schoolhouse construction and one of the few surviving school buildings by Boston's first city architect. It is also described as an example of the German method of school planning applied to a smaller building. The exterior is virtually unaltered and retains integrity of location, design and workmanship.","narrative":"Dillaway School is a brick schoolhouse with stone trim at 16-20 Kenilworth Street in Boston's Roxbury Highlands, close to the Dudley Station commercial and transportation center. Built in 1882-83, it has a two-story central block with a mansard-type roof and two slightly projecting three-story wings. The symmetrical facade features stone string courses, arched second-story windows, a recessed entrance with stone pilasters, and Baroque-style dormers on the wings. It was designed by George A. Clough, who became Boston's first City Architect in 1875 and held the post for ten years. Clough is said to have designed more than 25 Boston schools, but few survive besides this one and the Prince School on Newbury Street. The building is cited as an example of the German method of school planning, scaled to a smaller schoolhouse, with light and ventilation provided by the classroom and window arrangement. Exterior alterations are minimal, and at the time of listing the building was being converted to residential use.","period_of_significance":"1882-3","architect_builder":"George A. Clough","architectural_style":"Stylistically eclectic, with predominant Renaissance motifs and a mansard-type roof","criteria":[],"status_note":"At the time of nomination the building was being renovated and converted to residential use; the exterior condition is rated excellent. It served as a school until closing sometime in the previous decade.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.522829-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/7969/63796901/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80001683.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001683/aff0828e14-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001683/aff0828e14-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dillaway_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</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:Dillaway_School.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"89000147","name":"Roxbury Highlands Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/roxbury-highlands-historic-district-89000147/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796901","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillaway_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5276871"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/dillaway-school-80001683/"}