Bowditch School

Bowditch School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	80-82 Green St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°18′42.2″N 71°6′34.2″W / 42.311722°N 71.109500°WCoordinates: 42°18′42.2″N 71°6′34.2″W / 42.311722°N 71.109500°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1892
Architect	Harrison H. Atwood
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	90001145[1]
Added to NRHP	August 3, 1990

The Bowditch School is an historic school building at 80—82 Green Street in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The three story brick and granite Classical Revival building was designed by Harrison Henry Atwood, a prominent local architect, and was built in 1892. Its main facade has a projecting three-part pavilion, with square entry openings at the base, and round-arch windows at the top level, with a modillioned cornice. It is named for Nathaniel Bowditch, a noted early 19th-century astronomer and mathematician.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

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See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Bowditch School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-10.