{"nrhp_refnum":"85000694","name":"East Attleborough Academy","other_names":["Superintendent's Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"28 Sanford St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Attleboro","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.94616664500006,"lon":-71.28451370999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-04-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival school building at 28 Sanford Street in Attleboro, Massachusetts, built in 1843 by the Proprietors of Academy Hall on land donated by Nathaniel W. Sanford. It is a wood-frame temple-form building with a Doric portico.","why_significant":"The building is important to the history of education in Attleboro, serving first as a private academy and later as the first home of East High School. It is also a fine example of institutional Greek Revival architecture and the only temple-front Greek Revival building in Attleboro. The nomination cites criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Built in 1843, this two-story Greek Revival school stands at 28 Sanford Street in Attleboro. Local citizens formed the Proprietors of Academy Hall to raise money for a school, and Nathaniel W. Sanford donated the land. The wood building has a temple form, with a gable end facing the street and a full-width porch of four fluted Doric columns. It is the only temple-front Greek Revival building in the town, and its grandeur contrasted with the simple one-room schoolhouses built earlier. It operated as a private academy until 1864. In 1867 it became the first home of East High School, which stayed through moves of the building in 1874 and its return to the original site in 1889. Around 1900 the first floor became the office of the Superintendent of Schools, and the city bought the property in 1920. Interior partitioning has altered most original finishes, but the exterior retains its character. The building is significant for local education history and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1843)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"City-owned and in use: the Superintendent of Schools offices are on the first floor and the Attleboro Historical Commission occupies the second floor. A 1960s modular addition was removed in 1984, and the city planned to restore the west elevation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.118599-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/7943/63794396/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85000694.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000694/946b0377ce-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000694/946b0377ce-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Attleborough_Academy,_Attleboro_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:East_Attleborough_Academy,_Attleboro_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794396","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Attleborough_Academy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5327757"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/east-attleborough-academy-85000694/"}