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Old East Boston High School

Coordinates: 42°22′36″N 71°02′12″W / 42.3768°N 71.0368°W / 42.3768; -71.0368
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Old East Boston High School
View of the Old East Boston High School façade.
Old East Boston High School is located in Boston
Old East Boston High School
Old East Boston High School is located in Massachusetts
Old East Boston High School
Old East Boston High School is located in the United States
Old East Boston High School
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°22′36″N 71°02′12″W / 42.3768°N 71.0368°W / 42.3768; -71.0368
Built1901
ArchitectJohn Lyman Faxon; Charles R. Greco
Architectural styleRenaissance
NRHP reference No.06000127 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 15, 2006

Old East Boston High School (also known as Joseph H. Barnes School) is an historic school building at 127 Marion Street in East Boston, Massachusetts. It now acts as Section 8 housing for elderly or disabled people.

This building is currently under consideration for Boston Landmark status by the Boston Landmarks Commission.

The Renaissance style school was built in 1901 to a design by John Lyman Faxon and expanded in 1933 to a design by Charles R. Greco. It is a three-story structure, faced in yellow brick and limestone, with a flat roof and a raised basement. It is roughly in the shape of an H, with a central section that has side wings projecting to both the front and rear. A circular auditorium section stands behind the central section.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Old East Boston High School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-02.