Built in 1898 to a design by George P. B. Alderman, it is a prominent local eхample of Renaissance Revival architecture.

The former Valentine School is located a short way east of downtown Chicopee, at the eastern corner of Grape and Elm Streets.

Its ground floor is laid in courses that are periodically recessed, giving a rusticated appearance, and is topped by a band of brick corbelling.

The main entrance is at the center of the facade, recessed with stairs under a large round-arch opening, with a Palladian window on the second floor above.

[3] The school was built in 1898-99 to a design by George P. B. Alderman, a regionally prominent architect from Holyoke.