Valentine School (Chicopee, Massachusetts)
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| Location | Grape and Elm Sts., Chicopee, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°8′46″N 72°36′12″W / 42.14611°N 72.60333°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1898 |
| Architect | George P. B. Alderman |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| Part of | Springfield Street Historic District (ID90002217) |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000774[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | September 16, 1983 |
| Designated CP | January 25, 1991 |
The Valentine School is a historic school at Grape and Elm Streets in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Built in 1898 to a design by George P. B. Alderman, it is a prominent local eхample of Renaissance Revival architecture.[2] It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983,[1] and included as part of the Springfield Street Historic District in 1991.[2] The building has been converted to residential use.
Description and history
The former Valentine School is located a short way east of downtown Chicopee, at the eastern corner of Grape and Elm Streets. It is a two-story masonry structure, built out of red brick with sandstone trim. Its front, facing Elm Street, consists of a series of stepped projections. Its ground floor is laid in courses that are periodically recessed, giving a rusticated appearance, and is topped by a band of brick corbelling. Windows on that level are set in rectangular openings, with stone sills and lintels. The second floor windows are set in round-arch openings with surrounding sandstone arches. The main entrance is at the center of the facade, recessed with stairs under a large round-arch opening, with a Palladian window on the second floor above. The facade is crowned by a metal cornice with scroll modillions.[3]
The school was built in 1898-99 to a design by George P. B. Alderman, a regionally prominent architect from Holyoke. It was connected by a tunnel to an older school on the same lot, which was demolished in the 1950s. It served as a public school until the 1980s,[3] and has since been converted into apartments, with additional apartment blocks added at one corner of the property.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "MACRIS entry for Valentine School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Valentine School". National Archive. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
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