Felton Street School
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| Location | 20 Felton Street, Hudson, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°23′34″N 71°34′10″W / 42.3929°N 71.5695°W |
| Built | 1882 |
| Architect | Fuller & Delano |
| Architectural style | Gothic, Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000275[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 27, 1986 |
The Felton Street School is a historic school building built in 1882 located at 20 Felton Street in Hudson, Massachusetts, United States. The 2+1⁄2-story brick-and-stone structure served as the town's high school until 1957. Today it is a residential apartment building. The building's design and ornamentation is typical of Queen Anne and Stick style architecture. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Architects Fuller & Delano designed the Felton Street School.[2] Construction costs totaled $15,000.[2] It opened in 1882 as the new Hudson High School and served in that capacity until 1957.[2] In 1901 the originally four-room school was expanded to eight rooms.[2] Local merchants published and sold postcards depicting the Felton Street School during the early 1900s.[3][4]
When the Hudson and Massachusetts Historical Commissions inventoried the building as a historic property in 1978, they described its use as both "mental health facility" and "vacant," noting recent vandalism.[2] Since then the building has been renovated into 12 loft-style apartments.[5]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 27, 1986.[1]
