Newton Street School

Newton School
Location 70 Shelburne Rd.,
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°35′08″N 72°36′50″W / 42.5855°N 72.6138°W / 42.5855; -72.6138Coordinates: 42°35′08″N 72°36′50″W / 42.5855°N 72.6138°W / 42.5855; -72.6138
Built 1915
Architect McClean,H.L.
Architectural style Renaissance
NRHP Reference # 88001907[1]
Added to NRHP October 27, 1988

The Newton School is a historic school in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The 1915 Renaissance Revival building is distinctive for being a rare early example of a single story institutional building in that style. The U-shaped brick building features a shallow slate roof, and brick gable stands over the main entrance. The corners of the building have stone insets decorated with an open book design.[2]

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

In October 2015, Newton School celebrated its 100th birthday with help from its alumni. The red brick and white stone Newton School opened for its first day of school on Oct. 25, 1915. A hundred years of history have passed from news to the classroom since, and a little local history is somewhere under the lawn. Probably.

Newton Elementary School is celebrating 100 years in education with a birthday party Oct. 23, 2015. The plans for a centennial birthday bash have prompted memories of a time capsule buried where the old flagpole used to be.

Local historian Peter S. Miller is partially responsible for the Newton School name, having opposed an effort to change it to the Catherine Carney School in 1990 in honor of a long-time teacher. The school is named for James Newton, who owned the land and a sawmill nearby in the 1880s. Solon Street is named for his son, Solon Newton.

A 1915 annual town report refers to the school as Westside, a reference to the location on the west side of the Green River.[3]

With the help of Greenfield Recreation Department, Kaboom!, families and community members, Newton School built a new playground in October 2015 featuring playground instruments, unique to its community.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Newton Street School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  3. ↑ Curtis, Chris (Aug 7, 2015). "Newton School turns to alumni to help it turn 100". The Greenfield Recorder. Retrieved Oct 17, 2015.


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