Reay E. Sterling Middle School

	South Junior High School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	444 Granite St., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°14′24″N 71°0′59″W / 42.24000°N 71.01639°W
Area	4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built	1927
Architect	Shephard & Stearns
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Quincy MRA
NRHP reference No.	89001343
Added to NRHP	September 20, 1989

The South~West Middle School, formerly the South Junior High School and Reay E. Sterling Middle School, is a state of the art school building at 444 Granite Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is part of the Quincy Public Schools. The original school was in a Classical Revival style building was designed by Shephard & Stearns, and built in 1927. Of three junior high schools built by the city in the 1920s, it is the best preserved. It is a large U-shaped two-story brick building, with a flat roof and a raised basement. Its main facade is symmetrical, with slightly projecting end pavilions and a central entry pavilion.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "NRHP nomination for South Junior High School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

External links

Sterling Middle School web site

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for South Junior High School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

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