Emery Grover Building
Grover, Emery, Building | |
Location | Needham, Massachusetts |
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Built | 1898 |
Architect | Whitman & Hood |
Architectural style | Renaissance, Other |
NRHP reference No. | 87001393 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 20, 1987 |
The Emery Grover Building is a historic structure at 1330 Highland Avenue in downtown Needham, Massachusetts. It currently houses administration offices for the Needham Public Schools, including the office of Daniel E. Gutekanst, Superintendent of Schools.[2]
Built in 1898 in the Italian Renaissance Revival architectural style from a design by Whitman & Hood, the symmetrical tan brick building features an upper arcade of six Georgian Revival windows, an arched center entrance stoop flanked by multi-paned Diocletian windows, arched wings, and a curved pediment dormer crown sporting the Needham Public Schools seal.
The Emery Grover Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[3]
In 2010, the Boston architectural firm of Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype Inc. conducted a feasibility study for the building's restoration and renovation as a downtown senior center. The firm estimated the rehabilitation cost at $8.6 million, $2.5 million of which could come from the Community Preservation Act.[4][5]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Needham Public Schools official website: Superintendent's Office
- ^ Go Historic: Emery Grover Building, Needham
- ^ "Emery Grover Feasibility Study Online," Needham Patch
- ^ "Needham Senior Center: architect says Emery Grover problems 'solvable'," WickedLocal.com, Aug. 18, 2010