{"nrhp_refnum":"97000878","name":"Newton, Edward B., School","other_names":["\"The E.B. Newton\""],"category":"building","location":{"address":"131 Pauline St. (formerly 45 Pauline St.)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winthrop","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.375986615000045,"lon":-70.98632117599993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Social History","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An H-shaped, two-story brick elementary school at 45 Pauline Street in Winthrop, Massachusetts, built in 1908 and designed by Boston-based architect and Winthrop resident Willard M. Bacon.","why_significant":"The school is architecturally significant for combining Tudor Revival form and details with a Georgian Revival clock tower. It is Winthrop's oldest surviving school building and a key part of the Winthrop Center streetscape. It also reflects the town's long commitment to primary education during rapid population growth around 1908.","narrative":"Built in 1908 at 45 Pauline Street, the Edward B. Newton School is an H-shaped elementary school of red brick trimmed with cast stone and limestone. Boston-based architect Willard M. Bacon, a Winthrop resident who designed many of the town's public buildings, combined Tudor Revival elements, such as steep brick end gables and half-timbered dormers, with a Georgian Revival clock tower that forms a landmark on the Winthrop Center skyline. Inside, original oak woodwork, paneled beams, plaster archways and mosaic-tiled stair halls survive, along with plaster casts of statues of Washington and Lincoln made in 1909. The building is Winthrop's oldest surviving school and was erected when the town's population had grown to nearly 12,000. Together with nearby civic buildings, including the library, town hall and fire station, it contributes to the village-like character of the town center and records the community's long commitment to public education.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Willard M. Bacon","architectural_style":"Early 20th Century Tudor Revival / Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a school; original roof slate replaced with asphalt shingles, windows replaced in the early 1990s, and the clock tower weather vane reproduced in 1996.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.02911-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/7969/63796907/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/97000878.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000878/ce2e36d1be-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000878/ce2e36d1be-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_B_Newton_School_Winthrop_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:Edward_B_Newton_School_Winthrop_MA_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796907","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_B._Newton_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5341675"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/newton-edward-b-school-97000878/"}