{"nrhp_refnum":"85003068","name":"Adams, John, School","other_names":["Second District School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"16 Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Weymouth","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.22973959400008,"lon":-70.94561409199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-12-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wooden schoolhouse at 16 Church Street in Weymouth Heights, Weymouth, Massachusetts, built about 1855 as the Second District School. Builder and architect are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the oldest extant school building in Weymouth and an intact, well-preserved example of the transition from Greek Revival to Italianate style. It also sits beside the town common and the site of the town's first school of 1681, in an area of important 18th and 19th century settlement.","narrative":"Built around 1855 as the Second District School, this two-story wooden schoolhouse at 16 Church Street in Weymouth Heights is the oldest standing school building in the town. It was renamed the John Adams School in 1870. Its gabled form and corner pilasters recall Greek Revival design, while shaped brackets under the eaves and over the doors and windows mark the new Italianate style. A lobed lunette window fills the attic gable. The interior keeps a one-room-per-floor plan, a patterned tin ceiling on the second floor, slate boards and stylized Greek window pediments. The building sits on a small lot beside Weymouth Common, across from the site of the town's first schoolhouse of 1681. Nearby are the Abigail Adams Homestead, Old North Church and the Old North Burying Ground. Town reports from 1855 and 1856 helped establish the construction date. The building was listed for its architecture and its place in local education history, and it keeps its original exterior and interior details.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date ca. 1855)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate, with Greek Revival elements","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good, unaltered and on its original site; the form marks its status as unoccupied.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.48536-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/16/7963/63796316/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85003068.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003068/fbcab662fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003068/fbcab662fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WeymouthMA_JohnAdamsSchool.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_JohnAdamsSchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796316","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715632"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/adams-john-school-85003068/"}