Johnson School, North Adams

Name: Johnson School
Address: North Adams, United States

#29 among attractions in North Adams

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The Johnson School is a historic former school building on School Street in North Adams, Massachusetts. Built about 1898, this Romanesque Revival school is a significant work of the prominent local architect Edwin Thayer Barlow. It was the last of the city's neighborhood schools to be closed. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is now used for Head Start and other social programs. ()

Built: 1896 (128 years ago)Architectural style: Romanesque revivalCoordinates: 42°42'18"N, 73°7'6"W

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Johnson School – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: MASS MoCA, Museum of History & Science, Western Gateway Heritage State Park, Hillside Cemetery.

~1430 ftSE
Acclaimed museum for new art
MASS MoCA, North Adams
7 min walk • The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum in a converted Arnold Print Works factory building complex located in North Adams, Massachusetts.
0.6 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
Museum of History & Science, North Adams
15 min walk • The North Adams Museum of History and Science is located on State Street in North Adams, Massachusetts as part of Western Gateway Heritage State Park. The building it inhabits was originally built in 1880 as a coal distribution center. The museum, however, was established by the North Adams Historical Society in 1988.
0.6 miS
State park, Visitor center, Park
Western Gateway Heritage State Park, North Adams
15 min walk • Western Gateway Heritage State Park is a history-focused Massachusetts state park in the city of North Adams managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
0.4 miSW
Cemetery
Hillside Cemetery, North Adams
12 min walk • Hillside Cemetery is a historic cemetery on West Main Street between Brown Street and Charles Street in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States.
1.1 miSE
42°41'33"N • 73°6'17"W
MCLA Freel Library, North Adams
29 min walk • Library
0.4 miE
Neighbourhood
Freeman's Grove Historic District, North Adams
10 min walk • The Freeman's Grove Historic District is a residential historic district in North Adams, Massachusetts. It encompasses a neighborhood north of the city center that is a well-preserved instance of a working class area developed during its industrial heyday in the late 19th century.
0.6 miSW
Greek Revival architecture
Crowley House, North Adams
16 min walk • The Crowley House is a historic house located in North Adams, Massachusetts. It is one a small number of houses in North Adams built in a transitional Federalist-Greek Revival style, and one of its relatively small number of early 19th-century houses.
0.7 miSE
Neighbourhood
Monument Square–Eagle Street Historic District, North Adams
18 min walk • The Monument Square–Eagle Street Historic District is a historic district encompassing the civic heart of North Adams, Massachusetts.
0.8 miSE
Neighbourhood
Church Street–Cady Hill Historic District, North Adams
21 min walk • The Church Street–Cady Hill Historic District, originally known as the Church Street Historic District, is a historic district in North Adams, Massachusetts. It was first listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and was expanded and renamed in 1985.
1 miSW
Greek Revival architecture
Wells House, North Adams
25 min walk • The Wells House is a historic house located in North Adams, Massachusetts. Built about 1840, it is a locally rare surviving example of a Greek Revival farmhouse. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
1.2 miSE
Universities and schools
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams
30 min walk • The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is a public liberal arts college in North Adams, Massachusetts. It is part of the state university system of Massachusetts. It is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.

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Nearby attractions include MASS MoCA, North Adams (7 min walk), Freeman's Grove Historic District, North Adams (10 min walk), Hillside Cemetery, North Adams (12 min walk), Western Gateway Heritage State Park, North Adams (15 min walk).