{"nrhp_refnum":"81000114","name":"Jefferson School","other_names":["Jefferson Center for the Arts and Sciences"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 Middle St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Weymouth","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.21680035700007,"lon":-70.93697804799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story wooden Queen Anne style school building at 200 Middle Street in East Weymouth, Massachusetts, built in 1889 to a design by S.S. Woodcock.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the oldest active schools in East Weymouth. Its scale, siting and inventive Queen Anne design make it a local architectural landmark. It is credited under criteria A and C.","narrative":"Jefferson School is a large, T-shaped, 2½-story wooden building at 200 Middle Street in East Weymouth, Massachusetts, completed in 1889 to designs by S.S. Woodcock. It replaced a smaller Middle Street School, itself built after the district school system ended in 1871, on the site of the earlier Tenth District School of 1847. East Weymouth's growing population had outgrown that schoolhouse by the late 1880s. The building is clad in clapboard and wood shingle and has a high hip roof, a steep gabled central pavilion, decorative corner porches and a tall octagonal clock tower with a domed roof. Its Queen Anne character shows in the window glazing patterns, shingled pent roofs and arched strapwork panel. The nomination describes the design as limited but inventive and locally remarkable. It was listed for its architecture and for its standing as one of the oldest active schools in the area, and it now houses the town's arts and sciences education center.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"S.S. Woodcock","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in educational use; currently serves as the town's Educational Center for the Arts and Sciences. Condition is marked fair and the building is marked unaltered on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.454509-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/7963/63796324/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/81000114.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000114/65c1e9df1b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000114/65c1e9df1b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WeymouthMA_JeffersonSchool.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WeymouthMA_JeffersonSchool.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"92000040","name":"Central Square Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/central-square-historic-district-92000040/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796324","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_School_(Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6175578"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/jefferson-school-81000114/"}