Valentine School (Chicopee, Massachusetts)
Description and history
The former Valentine School is located a short way east of downtown Chicopee, at the eastern corner of Grape and Elm Streets. It is a two-story masonry structure, built out of red brick with sandstone trim. Its front, facing Elm Street, consists of a series of stepped projections. Its ground floor is laid in courses that are periodically recessed, giving a rusticated appearance, and is topped by a band of brick corbelling. Windows on that level are set in rectangular openings, with stone sills and lintels. The second floor windows are set in round-arch openings with surrounding sandstone arches. The main entrance is at the center of the facade, recessed with stairs under a large round-arch opening, with a Palladian window on the second floor above. The facade is crowned by a metal cornice with scroll modillions.
The school was built in 1898-99 to a design by George P. B. Alderman, a regionally prominent architect from Holyoke. It was connected by a tunnel to the Robinson Public School on the same lot, which was demolished in the 1950s. It served as a public school until the 1980s, and has since been converted into apartments, with additional apartment blocks added at one corner of the property.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "MACRIS entry for Valentine School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Valentine School". National Archive. Retrieved October 30, 2017.