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- FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - In Area no. Form no. GARO/AB 495 1.TownFall River, Mass. Address 160 Osborn St.. Name Osborn St. School Present use School 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number lnst 8-30 A 1. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. ARPIN ST. OSBORN ST. Present owner City of Fall River 3. Description: 2st. brick w/slate roof 1893 Date_ Source datestone Romanesque Style Architect_Frank Irving Cooper Exterior wall fabrie_ red & gray brick Outbuildings (describe) Other featuresround arched windows with voussoirs, arched recessed entrance, sides blocked forward granite Ioundation Altered Date Moved 5. Lot size: 47,656 sq.ft.
Date One acre or less Over one acreX Approximate frontage 100' Approximate distance of building from street 30' 6. Recorded by_ Patricia Giza Organization F.R.O.H.P. Date March 26,1981 (over) 7. Original owner (if known)_ City of Fall River Original use_ school Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9.
Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) The Osborn Street School (1893) is notable as the work of Frank Irving Cooper, a recognized New England expert in school design, and also as a distinctive example of the late 19th century brick eight-room grammar schools which in their sturdy construction and attractive detailing rise above the level of simple functionalism. During the 1890's, nine new school buildings were erected in Fall River to accommodate the city's expanding population and replace out-dated facilities. The number of schools increased from 42 in 1889, with 182 study rooms and 30 recitation rooms, to about 50 in 1900, for an increase of 64 classrooms. In two cases the school department hired architects who each designed two nearly identical schools, a policy which presumably increased increased efficiency and reduced costs.
Thus the local architect Joseph W. Darling did the twin Davol and Connell Schools about 1892-3, and the Boston architect Frank Irving Cooper, a native of Taunton, was hired to design the very similar Coughlin and Osborn Schools. Cooper (1867-1933) was widely known in New England as a school architect and was a frequent consultant to local school committees. During a period of about 20 years of independent practice in Boston, he designed numerous college buildings and some 200 elementary and high schools in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, as well as the Bristol County Courthouse in Taunton (1892) and other public buildings. Cooper studied under Henry Hobson Richardson and worked in the offices of Henry Van Brunt and Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge 10.
Bisfogi biy/ ana/rrees(ic as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, (cont'd) early maps,etc.) Atlas 1895: Structure shown on Osborn St. 1883: No structure Water Dept: Osborn School on Oct. 19,1893 App. #584 Annual Report of School Committee-1893 Fall River and its Points of Interest-1896-name of builder-pg.7 Plaque outside school-name of architect INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity: Fall River, Mass. Form No: G/20145 495 Property Name: Osborn St. School Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. 9 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (cont' d) The Osborn Street School replaced an earlier Schoolhouse on the same site Romanesaue detailing such as the round arched windows and entryway enliven the blocky mass of the building.
The visual appearance of the school is enhanced by the lawn with trees in front and by the iron fence along the perimeter of the property. Because of its design quality and detailing and its architectural importance as representative of a particular building type and of the work of a recognized school architect, the Osborn School meets Criteria A and C of the National Register, individually. Staple to Inventory form at bottom NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only received date entered Page 7 af 1o Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name State Fall River Multiple Resource Area *Inmination/Type of Review 61. Notre Dame School - SubstantIve Revlew 62. Oak Grove Cemetery 63. Osborn Street School 64.
Picard, Israel, House 65. Pilgrim Mills 66y Pine Street School Intered in the Natlonal Begister 67. Pocasset Firehouse #7 Entered in the Hational Register Prince Henry Ihe Navigator (statue) Substantiva Review 69. Quequechan Club Enteredin the Hattonal Register 70.
Queguechan llerMtt Historic District Mational Begieter Keeper Attest Entered in the Netlona1 Register f'Keeper Attest Entered in the Wetfonal Reglater f~Kéeper Intered in tha Mational Register Entered in the Hetional Register Attest fKeeper Attest frKeeper Attest fKeeper Attest f*Keeper Attest Keeper Attest f-Keeper Attest fkéeper Attest Date/Signature 2l6/g tamhDagl 210/83 Aelonbzen s/c/v AehmByun 2/4/83 Llmußzen z/6/83 dlelueßzan 2/16/83 AelreeByen 2/c/83 AelmerByen RS 2/6/83 Aebmrbgen 2116/13 DhenBgun NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Jnited States De ef she laterie Vational Park Servie BVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Osborn Street School (Fall River MRA) Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: Working No. 16183-15 Fed. Reg.
Date: 2il10 Date Due: 2/3/83 - 2/19/85 Action: L ACCEPT 2/10(83 - RETURN Entered in the - REJECT. Nat Federaf Agency: _ -sample - request _ appeal - NR decision Recom. /Criteria - Reviower_ Discipline. Date -- continuation sheet _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed balow -Nomination returned for: 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Presont Uee 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys fae property bean eoceratned elrgu 7. Description hade eeriorat ruine heck en maitered Mnrad Check ene orihe lhe pe d ere (ll luneme) ployaleel apposrene summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8.
Significance Peried Arees ef SignificanceCheok and justity below pecific dates Statement el Significance (iu ene peragrapio) Suilder Architeet summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource coniext relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quedrangle neme UMT Reterences Verbal bou ry description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _ national - . state local Stste Historic Preservation Officer signature date tttle 13.
Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Signed -Date Phone: 202 272-3504 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet INST. 8-30A ST. SCHOOL 60 OSBORN ST. FallRivo MRA, Me Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000279