[1] The Martin W. Carr School is located in Spring Hill, one of Somerville's oldest residential subdivisions, at the junction of Atherton and Beech Streets.

Carr's factory, in buildings now converted to lofts in Davis Square, manufactured jewelry, novelties, and metal ware.

The handsome school building was built of red brick in the Renaissance Revival style to a design by Aaron Gould.

Gould was then a prominent local architect who designed a number of significant public buildings, of which none but this now survive.

The Carr School is located across Atherton Street from one of Somerville's most unusual architectural landmarks, the Round House.