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center bay, in a segmented-arch opening framed by shouldered stone surround with keystone. The interior, now converted into residences, historically was divided into four spaces on each floor, organized around a central stair. On the lower three floors, three of these spaces were occupied by classrooms, while the fourth house administrative and other non-classroom spaces. There were two classrooms on the top floor, with the other half taken up by an auditorium space.
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providing space for a full fourth story. Its main facade is seven bays wide, with the center three projecting slightly. Windows are set in segmented arch openings with headers of brick with stone keystones, and there are stone stringcourses between the floors. The main entrance is recessed in the
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The former Bunker Hill School is located in the densely built Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, on the west side of Baldwin Street at its junction with Bunker Hill Street. It is a
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The school was built in 1866, when the city of Charlestown (then separate from Boston) was growing, and there was more widespread interest in quality education. Designed by
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National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Bunker Hill School is located in Boston
Bunker Hill School is located in Massachusetts
Bunker Hill School is located in the United States
Boston, Massachusetts
42°22′56.4″N 71°4′13.4″W / 42.382333°N 71.070389°W / 42.382333; -71.070389
James H. Rand
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Charlestown
Boston, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places
mansard roof
James H. Rand
Bunker Hill School in 1941


National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts


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