Saint Joseph School (Wakefield, Massachusetts)

Saint Joseph School is a private, Catholic school located on Gould Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. It serves students from preschool to 8th grade.[2]

Saint Joseph School
Address
Map
15 Gould Street

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01880

Information
TypePrivate
Religious affiliation(s)Catholic
OpenedSeptember 9, 1925
GradesPreschool - 8
MascotHawks
AccreditationNew England Association of Schools and Colleges (2000)
Websitehttp://www.stjosephschoolwakefield.org/
Saint Joseph School
Saint Joseph School (Wakefield, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Saint Joseph School (Wakefield, Massachusetts)
Saint Joseph School (Wakefield, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
Saint Joseph School (Wakefield, Massachusetts)
LocationGould St., Wakefield, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°30′2″N 71°4′45″W / 42.50056°N 71.07917°W / 42.50056; -71.07917
Built1924
ArchitectMaginnis & Walsh
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Neo-Gothic
MPSWakefield MRA
NRHP reference No.89000749[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 06, 1989

The two-story Neo-Gothic Revival brick school building was designed by Maginnis & Walsh and was built in 1924.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as a locally rare example of Gothic Revival architecture.[1] The parish for which it was built was established in 1850; the school began with a single grade and was gradually expanded to eight, taught by the Sisters of Saint Joseph.[3]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "About Us". St. Joseph School. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  3. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for St. Joseph's School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
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