Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): HPCA#20766 Primary location of additional data: x preliminary determination of individual listing (36 - State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National x Local government Register - University _ designated a National Historic Landmark - Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: # Tufts Public Library, Weymouth, MA _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record #. NPS Form 10-900 (Rev.
10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page1 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Pond Street School Weymouth (Norfolk), MA Statement of Significance The Pond Street School in Weymouth retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. Constructed in 1928, the building is an excellent example of Colonial Revival school architecture, with a well-preserved interior and exterior. Historically, the building is significant as a reflection of Weymouth's steadily increasing population in the southern part of the town in the early 20"h century, and the need to provide suitable educational facilities. As such, the Pond Street School fulfills Criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places.
The school is eligible under Criterion A for its association with the town of Weymouth's efforts in public education in the early to mid 20" century, and Criterion C for its Colonial Revival architecture and association with Boston architect Howard B. S. Prescott, who was also responsible for a number of the new school buildings and additions to earlier school buildings in the 1920s for the town. Later additions to the building in the 1950s and in 1967 for additional classrooms and a gymnasium, respectively, reflect the continued growth of the school population in the neighborhood and response to their educational needs. The Pond Street School is located in South Weymouth, one of the four villages of the town. In the 17th 'century, the town was primarily a fishing and agricultural community.
In 1837, however, the town shifted toward an industrial economy, with the discovery of a natural iron bog. The Weymouth Iron Works was subsequently founded, increasing both the town's population and wealth. The Iron Works eventually lost production to competing companies in Pennsylvania during the late 19"'century, and the community shifted its economic focus to the shoe industry. With increasing immigration and population growth, Weymouth experienced another population and economic boom through World War II. An important event in South Weymouth's development in the mid-20"h century was the establishment of the Naval Air Station in 1942, and its subsequent roles during the Cold War. In the last half of the 20" century, Weymouth shifted to a new role as a suburb of Boston, with easy access via public transit into the city.
The shoe industry closed in the 1950s and 1960s, leaving Weymouth to rely on smaller wholesale services, local retail establishments, and the opportunities afforded by the Naval Air Station's presence until its official closure in 1997. Public Education Efforts in Weymouth The Town of Weymouth began its public education system not long after the town was incorporated in 1635. The town was more than ten years ahead of a 1647 state law that required towns with more than 50 households to provide public education to the children within their town. The first public schoolhouse was erected in the town in 1681 on land purchased by Captain John Holbrook. The building and the schoolmaster's salary was paid for by a school tax imposed upon the town. In 1723, the rapidly expanding town was divided into two precincts; one school (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev.
10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page2 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Pond Street School Weymouth (Norfolk), MA in each precinct was managed by the town. The two schools proved to be insufficient by 1790; after this time four additional schoolhouses were constructed. In 1799, the town formed a School Committee, which divided the town into eight school districts, with districts one through four located in the North Parish, and districts five through eight in the South Parish. The school money was divided proportionally with each district's taxes, and each district would be accountable for providing its own schoolhouse.' The districts were superintended by a School Committee consisting of seven elected town members.
In 1869, this system was replaced by a single superintendent and a School Committee in order to more efficiently manage the district system. The state's school district system was abolished by law just two years later. The town's educational administrative structure has remained relatively unchanged since 1869. History of Weymouth's School Building Efforts During the 17# through early 19'" centuries, a small number of school buildings served the town; only four school buildings were in place by 1800. As a direct result of Weymouth's rapid growth in the mid to late 19"h century and the abolition of the district school system in 1871, the town and School Committee implemented its first ambitious building program from 1870 to 1915 to provide modern school facilities. During this 45-year period, a dozen school buildings were constructed in various sections of the town.
Some of the pre-1871 district schoolhouses remained in use into the late 19" and early 20" centuries, but the town's most populous areas received new schools during this 45-year period. The first high school for more advanced studies was established in the Town Hall in 1853. As mandated by an 1827 Massachusetts state law, towns with more than 500 families were required to provide a public high school. The high school was moved to a room in the Adams grammar school in 1856, one year after the grammar school was built. The oldest remaining school building in Weymouth, the Adams School, is located at 16 Church Street in Weymouth Heights, just north of the town center.
During the 1850s and 1860s, two high schools were operated out of churches, homes, and the grammar school buildings in the north and south parishes until 1898, when a central high school building on Pleasant Street near the Town Hall was erected. As noted above, the first ambitious wave of school construction began in the 1870s when three school buildings, the Lincoln School, on Broad Street, the Howe School, on Torrey Street, and the Franklin School on Broad Street, were built to accommodate larger school populations and to centralize the schools' locations. None of these buildings are extant today. Two additional elementary schools were constructed before the close of the 19 century. These Queen Anne- style school buildings were the Washington School (8 School Street, constructed 1887) and the Jefferson School (200 Middle Street, constructed 1889).
(continued) ' Weymouth Historical Society, History of Weymouth, MA. Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co, 1923, pg 648. NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 3 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Pond Street School Weymouth (Norfolk), MA Another eight elementary schools were constructed between 1902 and 1950. Many of these schools replaced the outdated, smaller, school buildings from the 19** century. The increase in school construction was also a direct result of the growing population.In 1917, the average enrollment was 2650 students. In just 10 years, that number had increased to 4050 pupils. The early 20" century witnessed another increase in school building construction in Weymouth. An addition was made to the 1902 Athens School (MHC #302) in 1913.
The Pratt School (MHC # 60) constructed in 1906 received a 1928 addition designed by Howard B.S. Prescott, the architect of the Pond Street School, also erected in 1928. The Pratt School's addition (MHC # 372) was rendered in the Colonial Revival style, in a very similar design to that seen on the Pond Street School. The Nevin School was constructed in 1917, but is no longer extant. The Hunt School (MHC #304) and the Bicknell School (MHC #329) were constructed in 1915 and 1926, respectively. The Hunt School (MHC # 304) was designed in the Colonial Revival style, with an addition by Prescott in 1926. Prescott designed the 1926 Bicknell School (MHC #329), utilizing a Classical Revival style. The series of elementary schools built in the early 20# century was joined by an industrial school in 1926. The Weymouth Industrial School on Middle Street (MHC #322) was also designed by Prescott.
This type of school represented a national trend of more practical education in the early 20# century. During the 1950s, an additional 11 school buildings were constructed during the post-World War II period that saw a large rise in the school-age population in Weymouth. Pond Street School received two additions within five years during this Status of Extant Weymouth School Buildings None of the nine town's 19th- and early 20"*-century schools that are still extant are still utilized as public school buildings. The earliest extant school building, the 1855 John Adams School, is currently in use as a day care center, as is the 1889 Jefferson School. The Pratt School (1906/1928) has been converted into active senior housing, and the Athens (1902/1913), Humphrey (1915), and Bicknell (1926) Schools also serve residential purposes as apartments.
The Washington Street School (1887) is currently used as an office building and apartments. The Pond Street School which is the subject of this nomination is currently vacant, but is proposed for rehabilitation for active senior housing. The only early 20# century educational building still used as a school is the Hunt School, which is currently the South Shore Christian Academy. Of Weymouth's mid-to late 20"h -century school buildings, approximately ten are still serving educational purposes. (continued) 2 Report from the School Committee, Annual Town Report, 1927. NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number8 Page. 4 OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 Pond Street School Weymouth (Norfolk), MA Eight school buildings in Weymouth are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Adams School was individually listed in the National Register in 1978. Both the Washington School and the Jefferson School were included in the National Register in May 1986 and December 1980, respectively. The Jefferson School is also included in the Central Square National Register Historic District (1992), while the Industrial School is within the Weymouth Municipal Historic District (1990). The Hunt School (1915) is in the Front Street Historic District (NR pending), while the Athens (1901) and Bicknell (1926) schools are in the Sea Street Historic District (NR 2009). Howard B.S. Prescott, Pond Street School architect The Pond Street School (MHC # 332) was built in 1928 and was designed by Howard B.S.
Prescott (1874-1956) whose office was on Pearl Street in Boston. Prescott designed two other new school buildings in Weymouth in the 1920s - the 1926 Weymouth Industrial School at 75 Middle Street (part of the Weymouth Municipal Historic District, MHC # 322) and the 1926 Bicknell School (90 Sea Street, MHC # 329, Sea Street Historic District). He was also the architect for two additions to existing elementary school buildings; the 1928 Colonial Revival section of the 1906 Pratt School (665 Pleasant Street, MHC # 372); and the 1929 addition to the 1915 Hunt School (45 Broad Street, MHC # 304). He was also contracted to design a 1924 addition to the high school on Middle Street.? Prescott used other popular architectural styles, employing the Classical Revival design at the Bicknell (MHC # 329) and Hunt Schools (MHC # 304).
The Weymouth Industrial School (MHC # 322) was designed the same year, although in this instance Prescott employed the Craftsman style. Prescott was also the architect for several houses, including his own in Arlington during the 1890s, institutional buildings; and commercial buildings, most notably several of the warehouses in Fort Point Channel (NRDIS 2004), when he served as staff architect for the Boston Wharf Company.* Pond Street School The Pond Street School building, as it was originally known, was constructed to replace a small schoolhouse built in 1846 south of this location on Pond Street, which was originally part of School District 8% In addition to replacing a much smaller and older school building, the new building also relieved overcrowding in nearby public schools in South Weymouth. The school Weymouth, 656. * Beard, Christine S.
and Betsy Friedberg, National Register Nomination for the Weymouth Civic District, January, 1992. S Town of Weymouth "Schools", from the Schools clippings folder at the Tufts Public Library, Weymouth, MA 6 Beard, MHC #332. NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page5 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Pond Street School Weymouth (Norfolk), MA was actually built after a period of more concerted school building efforts by the town of Weymouth from ca. 1870 (when the district school system was abolished) to 1915. The fact that at least three new school buildings and an addition to an existing school building in Weymouth were all constructed in the mid to late 1920s attests to the town's continued growth and the school board's assiduous response.
The building's replacement of a mid 19t-century district schoolhouse also reflects the fact that South Weymouth had not grown as quickly as other areas in the town. An 1876 map and later 19t and early 20th century maps clearly show that South Weymouth is the least developed section of the town? The town was able to continue its use of the two-room schoolhouse for nearly 70 years before a new building was necessary. While the town realized it needed an additional school building, locating a site for it proved to be difficult. In 1927, the "Burbank Lot" had been determined to be the site of the school, and plans were designed. For unknown reasons, the purchase of the parcel did not take place, and the Plans and the location for the school were formally adopted in 1928, and bids on the project were opened on May 15.
The contract was awarded to James Miles and Sons of Worcester at $59,887, the lowest bid. The school opened its doors to children in grades one through six in January 1929. Many of these students came from the 1917 Nevin School, located just one mile from the new Pond Street School. The Nevin School had a temporary addition to accommodate the large number of students prior to the new building's construction. The Pond Street School served 161 students in its first year. The school's original H-shaped plan was designed to hold 210 students and contained eight classrooms, an office, a basement music room, and an assembly hall. It was reported in 1928 that the basement contained three additional rooms that could be utilized as classrooms if needed.? The school's assembly hall was capable of seating 400 people, a public amenity that was popular for schools in the early 20" century.
The building's plan is representative of the "alphabet" plans commonly seen in urban school buildings after 1910. The "alphabet" plans recedived this name as a result of their floor plans in the form of letter shapes, typically I, H, T, U, etc. The plans, which generally featured a central lateral corridor accessed on the exterior by a short hallway, provided better interior circulation and greater light as more windows could be installed in the additional perimeter walls. Like many communities across the country, Weymouth prepared conditions and needs assessment of their school buildings soon after the end of World War II. Nearly two decades had passed since any substantive work had been done on any of the buildings, and no new school buildings had been constructed.
The town's 1947 study concluded that additions to existing buildings and (continued) Comstock and Cline, Atlas of Norfolk County, 1876, and Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1888-1928 & Report of the School Building Committee, Weymouth Annual Town Report, 1927. Report of the School Committee, Weymouth Annual Town Report, 1928. NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 6 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Pond Street School Weymouth (Norfolk), MA several new school buildings would have to be added to Weymouth's supply of adequate public schools. During the 1950s, two additions were made to the Pond Street School during another busy decade in school building construction.
South Weymouth's physical development was dramatically affected by the establishment of the Naval Air Station in 1942. The Station initially served as a blimp base to control the sea lanes in Boston Harbor during WWII. The Station closed after the war, only to be reopened in 1953 for essentially the same purpose; during the 1960s it was used as a training base for Navy pilots.° Combined with the booming post-WWII economy, the area experienced significant population increases in the 1950s. This increase in population directly correlates with the two additions to the Pond Street School during the 1950s. It is unknown if the Station had a school on the base for military children, but it is likely that it did not. An addition was constructed to the rear of the original H-shaped building in 1953, resulting in the existing, roughly L-shaped, plan.
The addition, by Collens, Willis & Beckonert of Boston, bears a striking resemblance to the original building, despite the 25-year lapse and very different architectural theories about exterior appearance and interior layouts in the 1950s. This first addition cost $200,170 and included five classrooms, a teachers' room, and three new restrooms. One classroom from the original section of the school was converted into a remedial reading room." A second matching addition was made to the east end of the building in 1958, likely by the same firm. A one-story gymnasium (architect unknown) soon followed in 1967, linked to the original 1928 building on the west by a recessed connection.
Unlike the 1950s additions, the gymnasium's design conformed to architectural conventions common in the 1960s for institutional buildings, including a low- pitched gable roof, extensive glazing, and laminated wood ceiling trusses on the interior. The gymnasium was demolished in 2008 for a new addition as part of the school's conversion to senior housing. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Pond Street School was one of 20 elementary schools in Weymouth. In 1964, the school was renamed the Alice E. Fulton School for its first principal, who had retired at the end of the 1964-1965 school year. Fulton began her tenure at the original Pond School in 1921, teaching at the earlier two-room schoolhouse until the 1928 building was constructed.
She was a 1918 graduate of Weymouth High School and of the Bridgewater Normal School, then went on to earn Bachelor's and Master's degrees in education from Boston University. She provided other community services to the town as a member of the Tufts Library board of trustees, and as a music teacher outside of school hours. (continued) 1http://www.weymouth.ma.us/history/index.asp?id=1128, "History of the South Weymouth Naval Air Station" " Pond School Addition Open House program, May 16, 1954. Located in the files at Tufts Public Library. 12 The Weymouth News. "School, library bear witness to Alice Fulton's legacy to town, January 21, 1982. NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 7 OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 Pond Street School Weymouth (Norfolk), MA The school held 400 students in 1991, its last year of operation as an elementary school. After its closure, only six elementary schools remained in the town. The school building was re-opened for a pre-kindergarten and kindergarten special needs program a few years later. The school was finally closed for educational purposes, after an extensive feasibility study in 2003 that considered alternatives, including both rehabilitation and new construction on the site. A conversion of the building to active senior housing has been completed, and its rehabilitation of the building conforms to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Historical and Architectural Significance The Pond Street School is significant for its association with public education efforts in Weymouth in the early 20 century.
The original 1928 core of the building and its various additions display the town's desire to provide quality educational facilities for its youth and expanding population. The building is one of nine 19"- and early 20*-century buildings remaining in the town that represent these public education endeavors. The Pond Street School is also architecturally significant for its intact Colonial Revival design, which was conceived by Boston architect Howard B. S. Prescott. The Colonial Revival design was a common style to adopt for educational buildings in the early 20" century, a trend seen both locally and nationally. Prescott also used the style at the 1926 Bicknell School and his 1929 addition to the Pratt School. Although not Prescott's work, the 1915 Hunt School also incorporate elements of the style.
The Pond Street School displays similarities to the Weymouth's other Colonial Revival school buildings, seen in its symmetrical façade and typical Colonial Revival detailing, but is much smaller in scale than the Hunt, Pratt, and Bicknell Schools. Its more diminutive scale probably reflects the smaller number of students for which it was built. In addition to a more monumental scale, both the Hunt School and Bicknell School feature more high-style elements, including dentil moldings, brick quoins, and jack-arch lintels with keystones on the Hunt School, and a two- story portico supported by numerous columns on the Bicknell School's facade. Both the Pond Street School and the addition to the Pratt School, also by Prescott have centered cupolas that provide a distinctive feature to otherwise relatively simple designs.
Unlike other school buildings from the period, the Pond Street School is still largely intact and retains its integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. The other remaining schools designed by Prescott, the Pratt and Bicknell Schools, have been converted into senior housing and apartments, respectively. These conversions have resulted in physical alterations that have affected their historic physical integrity, although the Bicknell School is considered to be a contributing structure in the Sea Street Historic District. (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 8 OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 Pond Street School Weymouth (Norfolk), MA Archaeological Significance Since patterns of pre-Contact period Native American subsistence and settlement in Weymouth are poorly understood, any surviving sites could be significant. Native sites located in the vicinity of the school may contribute important information related to the range of site types and their function in the headwaters locale of the Taunton River. Native sites in this area may contribute information related to the importance of river basin settlement models. Sites located in the vicinity of the school may be related to larger sites located downstream in the Taunton River drainage, or in geographically closer areas to the north on the coast in the Boston Harbor drainage, or along the margins of the Weymouth and Weir Rivers.
Native sites in the school locale may also contribute important information related to Native transportation, woodworking, and lithic technology. (end) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page1 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Pond Street School Weymouth (Norfolk), MA Bibliography Anonymous. "Weymouth Historical Commission Indian Dugout Canoe," fact sheet (attached to Dincauze n.d.), n.d. Anonymous, Pond School Addition Open House program, May 16, 1954. Located in the files at Tufts Public Library. Beard, Christine S. and Betsy Friedberg, National Register Nomination for the Weymouth Civic District, January, 1992. Comstock and Cline, Atlas of Norfolk County, 1876, and Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1888- 1928 Dieter, Barbara.
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Weymouth, Massachusetts: A New England Town. C.B. Kevitt, 1981. (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _9 Page 2 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Pond Street School Weymouth (Norfolk), MA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Web Soil Survey 2.0 (NRCS, WSS). Soil Map - Norfolk and Suffolk Counties, Massachusetts. Survey Area Data, Version 5, 8 August 2007.http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov, accessed 20August 2008. Ross, Steven and Stephen Williams. Final Report Phase I/Reconnaissance Cultural Resource Survey for a Proposed Water Pollution Control Project, Weymouth, Massachusetts. Report submitted by Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., Boston, by the Institute for Conservation Archaeology, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge. Unpublished, 1977. Rowe, Eric.
"Built by Weymouth Indian? Old Dugout Canoe Unearthed in Mud," Quincy Patriot Ledger, October 16, 1965 (attached to Dikncauze n.d.). Sacon, Carol. "The Aborigines Were in Weymouth 400 Years Ago," Mirror Wednesday, May 8, 1974 (attached to Dincauze n.d.). Sanborn Fire Insurance Company. Weymouth, Massachusetts sheets dated May 1888; April 1894; July 1899; July 1904; November 1910; October 1917; March 1927; May 1928. Strauss, Alan E. Intensive Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Town Crossing (Devon Wood) Roadway and Residential Development in Braintree, Massachusetts. Office of Public Archaeology Report of Investigations No. 55. Unpublished, 1988a. Strauss, Alan E. Phase II Archaeological Site Examinations for the Town Crossing (Devon Wood) Residential Development in Braintree, Massachusetts. Office of Public Archaeology Report of Investigations No. 56. Unpublished, 1988b.
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University of New Hampshire Diamond Library on- line, Weymouth 7.5 minute (http://doc/unh.edu/MA/weym41sw.jpg; http://doc/unh.edu/MA/weym47sw) and Abington 15-minute (http://doc.unh.edu/MA/abgt17sw.jpg; http://doc/unh.edu/MA/abgt93sw.jpg. Access on- line, 25 August 2008. Wermiel, Sara E. and Susan McDaniel Ceccacci, The Fort Point Channel Landmark District Study Report, Boston Landmarks Commission, http://www.cityofboston.gov/environment/fpc/pdfs/FINAL_with12-9-08amendments.pdf Weymouth Historical Society, History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Company, 1923. Weymouth News, The, "Captain Perkins Hired as first Weymouth Teacher in 1651," January 27, 1972, pg 16 (from the collection of the Tufts Public Library, Weymouth). Weymouth News, The. "School, library bear witness to Alice Fulton's legacy to town, January 21, 1982.
(end) _Pond Street School Name of Property Norfolk, MA. County, State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property 3.77 acres UTM References See continuation sheet. (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1. 19 Zone 337932 Easting 4669705 Northing 3. Zone Easting Northing 2. Zone Easting Northing 4. Zone Easting Northing - See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Assessors Map 53, Lot 582-4. See attached parcel boundary maps for actual boundaries of the parcel included in this nomination. Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) The school building and some land on all sides was subdivided from a larger parcel owned by the Town of Weymouth for the development that converted the school building to active senior housing apartments 11.
Form Prepared By name/title_Rita Walsh and Jenna Higgins, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc, with Betsy Friedberg, NR Director organization Massachusetts Historical Commission_ _date December 2009 street & number 220 Morrissey Boulevard _ telephone 617-727-8470 city or town_ Boston _ stateMA _ zip code 02125 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property.
Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete thisitem at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Fulton School Residence LP, c/o Richard Hayden, Stratford Capital Group LLC street & number 100 Corporate Place _ telephone 978-535-5600, xt 14 city or town _ Peabody _ state_ MA zip code_01960 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).
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1024-0018 - Pond Street School Weymouth (Norfolk), MA Photographic Information for the Pond Street School National Register Nomination, Weymouth, Massachusetts Photographer: Date of Photographs: Rita Walsh October 2009 (Note: These photographs were taken with a 6.2 megapixel digital camera at high resolution and printed on HP Premium Plus Photo Paper using HP gray photo pigmented inks per the National Park Service March 2008 Photo Policy Expansion list of Acceptable Ink and Paper Combinations for Digital Images). Index to Photographs: Photograph 001: Photograph 002: Photograph 003: Photograph 004: Photograph 005: Photograph 006: Photograph 007: Photograph 008: Photograph 009: Photograph 010: Photograph 011: Photograph 012: Photograph 013: South façade of the original 1928 section, facing northeast. South facades of 2009 apartment wing and original 1928 section, facing northeast.
View of south facades of 2009 apartment wing and original 1928 section and east elevations of 1928 section and 1953 addition, left to right in photograph, facing west. Detail view of entrance on east elevation of 1928 section, facing northwest. East elevation of 1953 (left) and 1958 (right) additions to 1928 section, facing northwest. North elevation of 1958 addition, with views of 1928 section and 2009 wing in background on the right, facing south. View of west elevation of 1953 and 1958 additions and their connection to the 1928 section, with new parking area in foreground, facing east. North elevations of 1928 section and 2009 apartment wing, facing south. Stairway in east end of 1928 section at main entrance, first floor, facing east. View of former classroom (now apartment 120) in 1953 section, facing northwest.
Corridor in 1953 section, second floor, facing south towards 1928 section, facing south. View of 1950s door, new apartment entry door, and elevator door or west wall of second floor corridor, 1953 section, facing northwest. faciy of closet and sthelves in former classrom (now apartment 222), (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Pond Street School Weymouth (Norfolk), MA Section number photos Page 2 Photograph 014: Photograph 015: Photograph 016: Photograph 017: Photograph 018: Photograph 019: North end of second floor corridor in 1958 section, facing north. View of wide corridor area on second floor in 1928 section, facing north towards 1953 section, facing north.
View of wide corridor area on second floor in 1928 section, facing southwest towards west end of corridor, facing southwest. View of west corridor on second floor of 1928 section, facing east. View of former classroom (now apartment 202) on second floor of 1928 section, showing retained closet, facing southeast. View of former classroom (now apartment 201) on second floor of 1928 section, facing south.
(end) Town of Weymouth Property Viewer L GOVERNOR WINTHROP LANE 1" = 135 ft Property Information Map-Block-Lot 53-582-37 Owner FULTON SCHOOL RESIDENCES LTD PARTNERSHIP Address Lot Size 235 POND ST 164,343 sq ft TASAGUSE -180 HE MOUTH N5® MAP FOR REFERENCE ONLY NOT A LEGAL DOCUMENT The Town of Weymouth makes no claims, no representations, and no warranties, expressed or implied, concerning the validity (expressed or implied), the reliability, or the accuracy of the GIS data and GIS data products furnished by the Town, including the implied validity of any uses of such data. The use of this data, in any such manner, shall not supercede any federal, state or local laws or regulations.
November 17, 2009 L POND STREET Town of Weymouth Property Viewer November 17, 2009 POND STREET GOVERNOR WIN HROP LAN Property Information Map-Block-Lot 53-582-37 Owner FULTON SCHOOL RESIDENCES LTD PARTNERSHIP Address Lot Size 235 POND ST 164,343 sq ft HESAGUSEET -18 MAP FOR REFERENCE ONLY NOT A LEGAL DOCUMENT The Town of Weymouth makes no claims, no representations, and no warranties, expressed or implied, concerning the validity (expressed or implied), the reliability, or the accuracy of the GIS data and GIS data products furnished by the Town, including the implied validity of any uses of such data. The use of this data, in any such manner, shall not supercede any federal, state or local laws or regulations. ion-addition.indd p3 09/30/08 BNg North LEGEND PHOTO LOCATION AND DIKECHIUR SECOND FLOOR PLAN Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
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NEW ADDITON NE TO FOM CUPAD LEDED LAWN AREA TYP EXISTING BULONG PAVENENI, OUS ROP -NEW SENCE POND STREET ALLFIELD North LEGEND RXISTING TRARTINE EXISTING TREE SEEDED LAWN ENTRYTEGRESS LOCATON PHOTO LOCATION Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc Figure 1 Site Plan Pond Street School 235 Pond Street Weymouth, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places Nomination Location of Photographs 1-8 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Pond Street School NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Norfolk DATE RECEIVED: 12/30/09 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 2/04/10 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 10000004 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 1/20/10 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 2/13/10 REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: PDIL: N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN _REJECT 212.10 DATE ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: Entered in The National Register Hltstoric Places RECOM.
/CRITERIA REVIEWER - DISCIPLINE TELEPHONE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS. FOND ST. SCHOOL WEUMOUTH, MORFOLK CO. PHOTU #Z MA_WEYMOUTH(NORFOLKCOUNTY)_PONDST SOUTH FACADE 8 ORIGINAL 1928 SECT RITA WALSH PHOTO OCT 2009 PHOTO #1 FOND ST. GLHOOL WEYMUUTL', MORFOLK CO. PHOTO#2 MA_INZYMOUTH(NORFOLKCOUNTY)-PONDST SOUT FACADES f 2009 APARTMENT W 1928 SECTION FACING NORT RITA WALSH PhOTo 2009 PHoTo Z > POMD ST. SCHUUL WEYMONTI MOPFOLK CO. PHOTO #zy MA_. WEYMOUTH(NORFOLKCOUNTY)-PONDS SOUTA FACADES 2009 APARTMENT AND ORIGINAL 1928 SECTION AND EAST OF 1928 SECTION AND 1963 ADDIMON (L FACING WEST RITA WALSIA photo OCT 2009 PHOTo 3 POMD ST. SIHOUL WEYMOUTH.
MORFOU CI PHOTO #4 DETAIL VIEW Z EAST ENTRANCE B FACING NURTHWEST RITA INALSH photo OCT PHOTO 4 POND ST. SCHOOU WEY MOUTH, MORFOLK CO PHOTOH5 EAST ELEVATON 1953 and 19 TO 1928 SECDON. FACIN RITA WALSIt phuto Oct z PHOTO 5 POND ST. CUOOL WEYMOUTH, MORFOLRCO. PHOTO #6 NORTH ELEV. Of 1958 ADDITON, 1928 sect. and 2009 WIN FACING SOUTH RITA WALSA pluto OCT 2 PHUro 6 IIII) FOMD ST. SHOOL WEYMOUTH, MORFOLKCO. PHOTO#Y VIEW 8 WeST ELEVS. 1 1953 ADDIMIONS AND THEIR CONNE THE 1928 SECTON, WITH NEU AREA IN FOREGROUND. FACI RITA WALSA plOtO ocT Pitoro 7 PoMD MORFOLK CO. PHOTO HE NORTH ELEVS. B 1928 SECT. APARTMENT WING. FACING RITA WALSA PIOTO OCT PItOTO 8 ID POND ST. GLHOUL WEYMOUTH, MURFOLK CO. PHOTO#9 STAIRWAY, EAST END & 1928 ENTRANCE, FIRST FiooR RITA WALSA plOtO OCT PItOTO 9 IIIID POMD ST.
SCHOOL WETMOUTH, MORFOLK CO.1 PHOTO #10 VIEW 8 FORMER CLASSROUM (1 IN 1953 SECTON RITA WALSA photo OC1 PAoTO 10 |IIID POND ST. GCHOOL WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK CO. PITOT #II CORRIDOR IN 1953 SECT., Se FACING SOUr TOW. 1928 S RITA WALSAt ploto PHOTO 11 0C1 GIRLS IHII) POND ST. SLHOOL WEYMOUTH, MORFOCK CO. PITOTO # 12 VIEW 8 1950s DooR, NEW APT. AND GLEVATOR DUOR ON WES SECOND FL. CORRIDUR, 1953 FACING NURTAWEST. RITA WACSH plOTo PItOTO 12 OcT POMD ST. SCHOOL. WEY MOUTH, MORFOLK CO PHOTEL #13 View o CLOSeT AND SHELVES IA CLASSROOM (NOW APT. 122) 1 RITA WALSA pluto PItOTO 13 POMD ST. SCHOUL WEYMOUTH, NORFOLR CO PHOTO*14 NORTH END 8 SECOND FL. CORA SECT. FACING NORTH RITA WALSHt phOD ( PItOrO 14 II) POND ST. SUHUOL WEYMOUTH /NOFFOLK CO PHOTO #15 WIDE CORRIDOR AREA ON SECON IN 1928 SECT. FACING NORN 1953 secT. RITA WALSH photo OCT PitOTo 15 POMD ST.
SLHOOL WEYMOUTA, MORFOUL CO.M PHOTO#16 WIDE CORRIDOR ARÊA OU SECONI 1928 SECT. FACING SOUTHU RITA WACSH phoßo PHOTo 16 IIIID POMD ST.GLHOOL WEYMOUTH, MORFOLK CO. PHOTO #/7 WEST CORRIDOR, SECOND F. Z FACING EAST RITA WALSH plOto OCT 2 PHOTO 17 IID POMD ST. SCHOOL WEYMOUTI NORFOLK CO. M PHOTO #18 FORMER CLASSNOUM (NOW APT. 2 FoOR 8 1928 SECT. SitowI CLOSET. FACING SOUTHEAS RITA WALSH photo PItOTO 18 IIIID POMD ST. SCHOUL WEUMOUTH, MORFOLK CO. PHOTO #19 FoRMeR CLASSROOM NOW APT. FOOR B 1928 SECT. FACIN RITA WACSIt plos OCT PItOTO 19 SKE LIBENTATY The Commonwealth of MassaCFGTIVED 2280 William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission DEC 3 0 2009 NAT. RÉGISTER CF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE December 21, 2009 Mr. J.
Paul Loether, Chief National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 1201 Eye Street, NW 8t floor Washington, DC 20005 Dear Mr. Loether: Enclosed please find the following nomination form: Pond Street School, 235 Pond Street, Weymouth (Norfolk), MA The nomination has been voted eligible by the State Review Board and has been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. The owners of the property were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30 to 45 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Sincerely, Betry Fuedlag Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission Enclosure Cc: Richard A.
Hayden, Fulton School Residence LP, Stratford Capital Group LLC Theodore Clarke, Weymouth Historical Commission Susan Kay, Mayor, Town of Weymouth James Clarke, Weymouth Planning and Community Development 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 - Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.state.ma.us/sec/mhc
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