The school was built in 1935 and is still in operation today, although it has gone through numerous renovations.

One of its most notable features is a golden cupola atop a clock tower, at the front of the building.

Below the clock tower sits a small circular window, with two draping plaster banners on the sides seeming to form the letter 'M,' and giving the building the nickname "the MOM building."

[2] The school's lobby is decorated with murals showing scenes from Hamden's history.

The murals, which form a frieze around the upper perimeter of the lobby walls, were painted by Hamden artist Salvatore DeMaio, a Hamden artist who was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1930, and were completed in 1936.