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305:-story masonry structure, built with load-bearing brick walls trimmed in limestone, and set on a tall basement. It has an H-shaped layout, with a substantial center flanked by projecting wings. There are no windows on the front-facing ends of the wings outside the basement level, which is separated from the other floors by a stone water table. Building corners feature brickwork that is quoin-like in appearance. Windows on the central section are set in rectangular openings on the first two floors, and round-arch openings on the third; the first-floor windows are topped by stone keystones. Building entrances are set at the ends of the central section. 77: 1218: 102: 63: 1230: 762: 533: 1207: 109: 84: 845: 1255: 1153: 1148: 1143: 776: 841: 821: 816: 811: 781: 831: 801: 703: 326: 836: 826: 806: 786: 1175: 796: 791: 1180: 1128: 1008: 962: 895: 1058: 1033: 993: 921: 890: 869: 1138: 1074: 1043: 998: 983: 978: 1133: 1038: 1028: 931: 1048: 1023: 1013: 988: 941: 926: 916: 900: 874: 1084: 1079: 1053: 1018: 1003: 946: 312:
and was built in 1905. It was named for the first female school principal in the Boston Public Schools, and was one of five schools designed for the city by Schweinfurth, who had previously worked as a draftsman at
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The former Sarah J. Baker School building is located in a residential area of eastern Roxbury, on the west side of Perrin Street between Waverly and Moreland Streets. It is a
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in 1984. It has been converted to elderly housing.
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Sarah J. Baker School is located in Massachusetts
Sarah J. Baker School is located in the United States
Boston, Massachusetts
42°19′20″N 71°4′48″W / 42.32222°N 71.08000°W / 42.32222; -71.08000
Julius Schweinfurth
Moreland Street Historic District
ID84002890
83004285
Boston, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places
Moreland Street Historic District
Julius Schweinfurth
Peabody and Stearns
National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts


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"NRHP nomination for Sarah J. Baker School"


"NRHP nomination for Moreland Street Historic District"

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