{"nrhp_refnum":"86000275","name":"Felton Street School","other_names":["Hudson High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20 Felton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hudson","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.39275361700004,"lon":-71.56950759199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story red brick school building at 20 Felton Street in Hudson, Massachusetts, built in 1882 as a four-room school and enlarged with a matching rear half in 1901. It was designed by Fuller & Delano of Worcester.","why_significant":"It was Hudson's first high school building and one of the largest and most substantial public buildings in the town in the nineteenth century. Its 1882 construction and 1901 enlargement reflect the town's population growth tied to the shoe and rubberized cloth industries. It is also a well-preserved example of Victorian school architecture combining High Victorian Gothic and Queen Anne elements.","narrative":"Felton Street School is a red brick schoolhouse at 20 Felton Street in Hudson, Massachusetts. The eastern half was built in 1882 as a four-room school, and a matching western half was added in 1901. Fuller & Delano of Worcester designed the original building, which has brownstone trim, corbelled brick cornices, terracotta date panels and a complex hip-on-hip slate roof, mixing Victorian Gothic and Queen Anne details. It was Hudson's first high school and served in that role until 1957, then operated as a grammar school until the mid-1970s. As one of the largest public buildings in the town during the nineteenth century, it reflects population growth driven by the local shoe and rubberized cloth industries. Exterior alterations have been minor. In 1984 the building was rehabilitated under the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and now holds twelve apartments, with many original interior finishes retained or re-set.","period_of_significance":"1882, 1901","architect_builder":"Fuller & Delano","architectural_style":"High Victorian Gothic and Queen Anne elements","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1984 as a certified historic rehabilitation and now contains twelve residential apartments; it was a school until the mid-1970s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.979763-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/7973/63797386/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86000275.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000275/81a9064a3a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000275/81a9064a3a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Felton_Street_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Felton_Street_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797386","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felton_Street_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5442678"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/felton-street-school-86000275/"}