{"nrhp_refnum":"86000378","name":"Story Grammar School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"140 Elm St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marblehead","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.50462889900007,"lon":-70.85481106099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-13","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 former grammar school at 140 Elm Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts, built in 1880 in a restrained Colonial Revival style and later converted to condominiums.","why_significant":"Built in 1880, it represents the first significant financial commitment to public education by the town of Marblehead, and was the first masonry and largest school built in the town to that time. Its restrained Colonial Revival design is a relatively early use of a style later popular for schools, and may reflect the demolished 1790 Marblehead Academy. It meets criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Story Grammar School, at 140 Elm Street in Marblehead, is a red brick schoolhouse completed in 1880. It rises two and a half stories under a hipped slate roof, with a shallow central pedimented pavilion, granite trim, and a brick classical cornice. Inside, the original plan held four classrooms on the first floor and two classrooms plus an auditorium above. The town appropriated $17,500 for it, far more than earlier school projects, and it was the first masonry school and the largest built in Marblehead to that date. It also had a heating and ventilating system that allowed year-round use. The architect is unknown, but the design closely resembles the 1790 Marblehead Academy, which may explain its early use of Colonial Revival styling. The school was named for Joseph Story, the Marblehead-born Supreme Court justice. It operated until 1978 and was converted to eight condominium homes in 1984.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1880)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The school closed in 1978 and was converted to eight condominium residential units in 1984, in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation; the building is occupied and in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.555527-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/7948/63794856/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86000378.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000378/5a2016542b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000378/5a2016542b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Fletcher6","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Story_Grammar_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Fletcher6</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:Story_Grammar_School.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84002402","name":"Marblehead Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/marblehead-historic-district-84002402/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794856","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_Grammar_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7620380"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/story-grammar-school-86000378/"}