Built about 1898, this Romanesque Revival school is a significant work of the prominent local architect Edwin Thayer Barlow.

[2] It is a two-story brick building, with a hip roof and granite foundation, with red sandstone trim elements.

Windows in the outer bays are set in segmented-arch openings, with sandstone sills and brick lintels with slightly projecting keystones.

[3] The school was built in 1896 to a design by Edwin Thayer Barlow, a prominent local architect, at a time when the surrounding neighborhood was experiencing significant growth.

In 1924 the school was enlarged, to a sympathetic design by Springfield architect Newton Bond.