The 2+1⁄2-story Romanesque Revival brick building was designed by Arthur H. Vinal and built in 1884.

It was named for financier and major benefactor of the Boston Public Library Joshua Bates.

[1] The original sea wall for the South End can still be seen on the Harrison Avenue side of its school yard.

American poet James Hercules Sutton attended this school from 1947 to 1951.

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