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English High School (1892 building)

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62: 850: 87: 48: 861: 263:. The current main section is a 1924 replacement after a fire destroyed the 1892 section. This school was built to replace the building across Liberty Street, and served the city as a high school until 1932, when the present English High School was built. It then served for many years as a junior high school. When surveyed in 1985, it was vacant. It has since been converted into residences. 94: 69: 251:
styling, built in 1924 to a design by George A. Cornet after a fire on March 29, 1924 destroyed the original 1892 portion. It has a central entrance pavilion with a Tudor arched entry, and slightly projecting end wings, all adorned with parapets at the roof. The leg of the T projects to the rear of
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this section, and is joined to the four-story second section. It has more Gothic and Romanesque styling, with buttresses between panels of windows, and a corbelled brick cornice.
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The former English High School building stands near downtown Lynn, at the western corner of Liberty and Essex Streets. It is located across Liberty Street from the
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The oldest portion of this building was the Romanesque portion, which was built in 1892 to a design by
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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building on Goodridge Street was built. This building was listed on the
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is a historic former school building at 498 Essex Street in downtown
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

English High School (1892 building) is located in Massachusetts
English High School (1892 building) is located in the United States
Lynn, Massachusetts
Wheeler
Wheeler
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Lynn, Massachusetts
Lynn English High School
National Register of Historic Places
Holman K. Wheeler
National Register
Old Lynn High School
Jacobethan
Wheeler & Northend
Wheeler & Johnson
National Register of Historic Places listings in Lynn, Massachusetts


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service




Quarterly of the National Fire Protection Association, Volume 17

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