The older one has a three-section facade, with a projecting central entrance bay flanked by large round-topped windows.

After its move to Montpelier in 1866, the town established a publicly funded high school the following year.

A second building (no longer extant) was built on the same property in 1911 to meet this demand, with a further addition to the rear of this school in 1920.

Continued growth eventually spurred the construction of the second large wing, which was designed by Haynes & Mason of Keene, New Hampshire and built in 1929-31.

[2] Continued population growth in the town eventually required the construction of the new Springfield High School, which opened in 1968.