Tuttle Square School

The Tuttle Square School, now the Auburn Historical Museum, is a historic school building at 41 South Street in Auburn, Massachusetts. The single story two-room wood frame building was constructed in 1922 to replace a smaller school on the site, in the face of increasing school population. The building's most prominent decorative feature is its Federal-style entry door surround, with pilasters supporting scrolled brackets, topped by a fanlight. The school served the Auburn public schools from 1923 to 1933. During the Second World War it was outfitted as a hospital in case of emergency, and briefly returned to use as a school between 1948 and 1953. Thereafter its primary purpose was to house school administrative office, and was finally vacated by the school administration in 1981. It then served as home to the Auburn District Nursing Association until about 1990. In 1999 the town voted to lease the building to the Auburn Historical Society for use as a museum.[2]

Tuttle Square School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Tuttle Square School
Tuttle Square School Location in Massachusetts Tuttle Square School Location in United States
Location	Auburn, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42.1914°N 71.835°W
Built	1922
Architect	Meacham, Harry L.
Architectural style	Bungalow/Craftsman
NRHP reference No.	02000129 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 8, 2002

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "NRHP nomination for Tuttle Square School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-27.

External links

• Auburn Historical Museum