{"nrhp_refnum":"88000960","name":"Massachusetts Fields School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rawson Rd. and Beach St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.271988846000056,"lon":-71.01627371599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick school building at Rawson Road and Beach Street in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, built in 1896 with a major addition in 1923-1924. It has since been rehabilitated as apartments.","why_significant":"The school reflects Quincy's long-standing commitment to educational innovation, and Superintendent Herbert W. Lull oversaw its construction as one of four schoolhouses built in his tenure. It is also a well-preserved example of Queen Anne architecture, with a Colonial Revival addition that has remained nearly unaltered since 1923.","narrative":"Massachusetts Fields School is a brick schoolhouse at Rawson Road and Beach Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. The original two-story building went up in 1896 on a granite basement, with a slate hip roof, corbelled cornices, blind arches with decorative brick diapering, and an eyebrow dormer. Plans are credited to architect A. H. Wright, and the work was carried out by Quincy builder Stephen O. Moxon. A nine-room addition in Colonial Revival style, with brick pilasters, a pedimented entrance and cast-stone trim, was completed in 1924. The school was one of several built under Superintendent Herbert W. Lull, continuing the reform tradition begun in Quincy by Francis W. Parker in the 1870s. It served elementary pupils until it closed in 1982. The building has since been converted to apartments, with its exterior detailing, slate roof and copper cresting preserved, though the interior plan and auditorium were altered.","period_of_significance":"1896-1938","architect_builder":"A. H. Wright (architect); Stephen O. Moxon (builder)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne (with Colonial Revival addition)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The school closed in 1982 and the city took control of the vacant building; it has since been rehabilitated for use as apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.657987-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/7963/63796320/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/88000960.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000960/577a9b067a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000960/577a9b067a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Massachusetts_Fields_School_Quincy_MA_01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</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:Massachusetts_Fields_School_Quincy_MA_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796320","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Fields_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6784270"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/massachusetts-fields-school-88000960/"}