{"nrhp_refnum":"89001531","name":"Waltham High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"55 School St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waltham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.37908384100007,"lon":-71.23371707399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick high school building at 55 School Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, with its main block built in 1901-1902 and east and west wings added in 1935. It was designed by Captain Samuel Patch and built by contractor Robert E. Glancy.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is an important part of Waltham's turn-of-the-century municipal building campaign, designed by the city's Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds. It is also considered a distinguished work of architecture combining Romanesque and Classical Revival elements in a unified composition. The building is tied historically to architect Samuel Patch and builder Robert E. Glancy.","narrative":"Waltham High School, at 55 School Street, is a brick school with granite trim whose main block dates to 1901-1902. Wings were added to the east and west in 1935, and three flat-roofed additions followed around 1960, placed to the rear and joined by narrow walkways. The front facade has a projecting four-bay center pavilion with Ionic pilasters rising to a pedimented attic, flanked by wings with paired 12/12 windows and round-arched entrances. Architect Captain Samuel Patch, who served as the city's Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, mixed Romanesque and Classical Revival details, even placing a Georgian Revival Palladian window in a Neoclassical pediment. Robert E. Glancy, a prolific local builder who specialized in schools, constructed it. The school was listed for its role in Waltham's turn-of-the-century municipal building program and for its architectural quality, and it retains the character of a substantial early twentieth-century school despite later additions.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Samuel Patch, architect; Robert E. Glancey (also spelled Glancy), builder","architectural_style":"Elements of Romanesque Revival and Neoclassical (Classical Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is a high school; condition is described as good to excellent, with c1960 rear additions and altered replacement windows in the 1935 wings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.973163-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/7918/63791881/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001531.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001531/4ae6924cbc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001531/4ae6924cbc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waltham_MA_Waltham_High_School_facade.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waltham_MA_Waltham_High_School_facade.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791881","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltham_High_School_(historic)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48836265"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/waltham-high-school-89001531/"}