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Murdock School

Coordinates: 42°41′07″N 72°03′13″W / 42.6853°N 72.0537°W / 42.6853; -72.0537
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Murdock School
Murdock School
Murdock School is located in Massachusetts
Murdock School
Murdock School is located in the United States
Murdock School
LocationMurdock Ave., Winchendon, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°41′07″N 72°03′13″W / 42.6853°N 72.0537°W / 42.6853; -72.0537
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1887
ArchitectFrancis,Henry M.; Morse,Henry G.
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.87002562[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1988

The Murdock School, also known as Old Murdock High School, is an historic school building on Murdock Avenue in Winchendon, Massachusetts. The 2.5 story Romanesque brick building was built in 1887 with funds donated by Captain Ephraim Murdock, Jr., whose father had previously donated the Winchendon Academy building to the town. The building is the most elaborate school building in the town. Roughly square in layout with a projecting front gable section, its most prominent feature is the tall clock tower and the Romanesque round arch entryway. The arch is topped on the front facade on the second level by a group of four rectangular windows, and on the third by four round-arch windows. The building served the town as a school building until 1962.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Old Murdock High School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-28.