{"nrhp_refnum":"86002900","name":"Peabody School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"170 Salem St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Haverhill","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.76352568500005,"lon":-71.07028593199993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-10-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A red brick, 2 1/2-story schoolhouse at 170 Salem Street in the Bradford section of Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, built in 1895 to designs by C. Willis Damon.","why_significant":"The school is tied to the growth of Bradford as a prosperous residential community for Haverhill shoe manufacturers in the late 19th century. Its Romanesque Revival design reflects period educational thinking about health, light, ventilation and sanitation. It was the last school Bradford built before being annexed by Haverhill in 1897.","narrative":"Built in 1895 on Salem Street in the Bradford section of Haverhill, this red brick schoolhouse was designed by local architect C. Willis Damon in a restrained Victorian Romanesque style. It has a slate hipped roof, a projecting central gable, granite sills and lintels, and two arched entry porches that served as separate entrances for boys and girls. The north wall uses a steel frame to allow large windows, bringing indirect north light into the classrooms. Ventilation, heating and open-air clothing racks reflected the School Committee's concern for sanitation and health. Bradford, a prosperous residential town for Haverhill's shoe manufacturers, named the school for one of its oldest families, who supplied the land. It was the last school the town built before annexation by Haverhill in 1897. The school operated until 1981 and has since been rehabilitated for residential use. It is listed for its educational and architectural importance and its role in the community's development.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"C. Willis Damon","architectural_style":"Victorian Romanesque / Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Closed as a school in June 1981 and described as vacant since then in the significance statement; the description section says it has been rehabilitated and now serves as residential space.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:02.301942-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/7948/63794870/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86002900.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002900/abdf989f1d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002900/abdf989f1d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HaverhillMA_PeabodySchool.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</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:HaverhillMA_PeabodySchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794870","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peabody_School_(Haverhill,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715809"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/peabody-school-86002900/"}