Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1825
Postcard. Caption on front: The New Dorchester High School. T.C. Cushing, Dorchester, Mass. Postally unused.
This postcard has an undivided back, so that indicates it is earlier than the run-of-the-mill cards from about 1910. The Dorchester High School in Codman Square was finished in 1900, and the card was probably printed soon thereafter.
From the Boston Landmarks Commission description of Codman Square:
Adjacent to the [Second] church, lying southeast on a triangular parcel is the former Dorchester High School, more recently known as Girl’s Latin Academy. Constructed in 1900 from designs provided by Hartwell, Richardson and Driver, this building, by virtue of its massive, yellow brick form and hipped roof has the second highest visibility in the area after the Second Church. This school, with its brick rustication, sand stone blocks and limestone trimmings represents a highly sophisticated foray into Renaissance Revival design. The school complex consists of three building masses. The two which are closely integrated and highly decorated with limestone date from the original period of construction. The less ornate 1910 addition, also designed by Hartwell, Richardson and Driver, is connected by an extension to the east end of the older structure.
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